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Jan Guillou

    January 17, 1944

    Jan Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist, celebrated for his incisive investigative reporting and fictional works. His literary creations often delve into themes of power, secrets, and historical events, marked by a narrative style that balances thrilling plots with profound psychological insight. Guillou's novels, whether set in the realm of espionage or historical fiction, explore complex ethical dilemmas and societal dynamics, offering readers compelling and thought-provoking narratives.

    Jan Guillou
    Trilogia De Las Cruzadas
    Blauwe Ster
    El camí de Jerusalem
    Crusades Trilogy - 1: The Road to Jerusalem
    Birth of the Kingdom
    The Templar Knight
    • A knight in the Holy Land. A woman in the frozen north. A war that kept them apart... Among the last bastion of God's holy warriors determined to save Jerusalem from the Muslims, Arn Magnusson of the Knights Templar is renowned as a man of compassion, strength, and faith, even among the enemy Saracens–Saladin and his Muslim followers. Yet, neither time nor distance can lessen Arn's pain of separation from his beloved Cecilia; confined to a cloister back home in western GÖtaland, his betrothed, the mother of their newborn son, is a pawn in a war between clans vying for control of the crown. And when an accident of fate brings together Arn and Saladin, an unlikely friendship is forged that will alter the course of the Templar knight's life, and the history of Jerusalem itself.

      The Templar Knight
      4.2
    • Birth of the Kingdom

      • 498 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      The third volume of the crusades trilogy from bestselling Swedish author Jan Guillou. Arn de Gotha has become one of the most feared warriors of the Knights Templar fighting to liberate Palestine with the Crusaders. At the great battle for Jerusalem, a mammoth and bloody struggle where the Christians were finally defeated, Arn is saved from certain death by Saladin, his longtime enemy and trusted friend. Ravaged by wounds and sickness, Arn is at last granted his wish: to return at last to his homeland, it plagued by endless wars. Arn is determined to find her - the woman for whom he was exiled. He must discover if their love could endure so long a separation, and if it can sustain his new quest: the create a new people, a new society, both Christian and Muslim, both craftsmen and warriors, with Arn at its helm, fighting for peace in a savage land. A fitting conclusion to a great trilogy, a bestseller all over Europe, and now the basis for a major film.

      Birth of the Kingdom
      4.0
    • Crusades Trilogy - 1: The Road to Jerusalem

      Book One of the Crusades Trilogy

      • 418 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      For power. For passion. For glory. This epic tale follows Arn Magnusson, born in 1150 to a noble family in Western Götaland. A miraculous recovery from a fall marks his fate, leading his mother to promise his life in service to God. Sent to Varnhem monastery, Arn matures under Father Henri, a devoted Cistercian monk. While studying traditional subjects, he also trains with Brother Guilbert, a former Knight Templar, honing his skills in combat. As Arn returns home, he finds his monastic upbringing clashing with his clan's traditions. His family soon realizes he possesses more than just scholarly knowledge, proving invaluable during a time of turmoil following a king's murder, as ambitious lords vie for power. Amidst this chaos, Arn meets the enchanting Cecilia, but a naive mistake forces him into a foreign war, sending him to the Holy Land to fight infidels for twenty years. From the frozen landscapes of Northern Europe to the bloody battlefields of the Middle East, Arn encounters brave knights, powerful queens, and treacherous kings. This first installment of a bestselling trilogy presents a thrilling epic of betrayal, faith, blood, and love, set against the backdrop of the Holy Wars, offering a vibrant and unorthodox perspective on a Shakespearian quest for power.

      Crusades Trilogy - 1: The Road to Jerusalem
      3.9
    • El camí de Jerusalem

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Primer volum de la magistral "Trilogia de les Croades". 3a edició.

      El camí de Jerusalem
      4.0
    • Blauwe Ster

      Drie broers, twee oorlogen, één eeuw

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Blauwe Ster is het nieuwe deel van De grote eeuw-serie van Jan Guillou over de geschiedenis van de twintigste eeuw aan de hand van de lotgevallen van drie broers. Jan Guillou maakt in dit nieuwe deel een uitstapje naar het genre dat hij als geen ander beheerst: de spionageroman. Het boek kan ook worden gelezen zonder kennis van de voorafgaande delen. De nieuwe generatie Lauritzen treedt naar voren. In het centrum staat de oudste dochter Johanne, die in het begin van de oorlog als koerier voor het Noorse verzet werkte. Nu bevindt ze zich in Stockholm, in de illegale wereld van spionage, bedrog en verraad, gerekruteerd door de Britse spionageorganisatie SOE – haar codenaam is Blauwe Ster. Johanne wordt bevorderd tot kapitein in het Britse leger. Na een reeks spectaculaire sabotageacties krijgt ze de verantwoordelijkheid over de grootste en belangrijkste operatie: om de Noorse joden te helpen ontkomen aan de Holocaust. Intussen verricht haar jongere zus Rosa niet minder riskant werk voor de militaire inlichtingendienst, waarmee hun zusterschap zwaar op de proef gesteld wordt.

      Blauwe Ster
      4.2
    • Stockholm 1940: Während vor den Grenzen Schwedens der Zweite Weltkrieg wütet, leben die Brüder Lauritzen das von den Kriegsereignissen nur peripher berührte Leben der Oberklasse. Doch die Situation spitzt sich zu, und es wird zunehmend schwieriger, eine Parteinahme zu vermeiden. Zumal sich auch innerhalb der Familie die Lager teilen: Harald, Lauritz’ ältester Sohn, dient bei der SS, während seine Schwester Johanne im Widerstand kämpft. Während Europa vor einer Zerreißprobe steht, droht auch die Familie Lauritzen zu zerbrechen. Bis es am Ende ums nackte Überleben geht.

      Schicksalsjahre
      4.1
    • Forts. von: äDie Frauen von Götalandä. - Arn Magnusson ist zu 20 Jahren Dienst bei den Templerrittern im Heiligen Land verurteilt, seine Braut Cecila wird im Kloster Gudhem eingesperrt. Während sie sich mit der zukünftigen Königin anfreundet, erlebt Arn, wie Sultan Saladin sich 1187 zum Sturm auf Jerusalem rüstet.

      Die Büßerin von Gudhem
      3.6
    • Ihren Beinamen 'Madame Terror' trägt die palästinensische Geheimdienstchefin Mouna al Husseini zu Recht. Für den geplanten Terrorangriff gegen Israel, der alle bisherigen in den Schatten stellen soll, lässt sie gemeinsam mit den Russen ein Atom-U-Boot entwickeln, mit dessen Hilfe die israelische Flotte ausgeschaltet werden soll. Ihrem alten Freund Carl Hamilton, der mittlerweile inkognito in Kalifornien lebt, hat Madame Terror dabei einen besonders delikaten Auftrag zugedacht …

      Madame Terror
      3.8
    • Ondskan

      • 282 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      Ondskan
      4.0