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The Road to Jerusalem

Crusades Trilogy Series, Book 1

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The Road to Jerusalem

By: Jan Guillou
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
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For power. For passion. For glory.

The epic story of the Knights Templar.

Born in 1150 to a noble Swedish family and coming of age at a monastery under the tutelage of a Cistercian monk and a former Knight Templar, young Arn Magnusson is sent to fulfill his destiny beyond the cloister walls. But the world awaiting him is a place at odds with his monastic ways. And when the murder of a king engulfs Western Götaland into a whirlwind of intrigue and ruthless power plays, headstrong and naive Arn is forced to leave the woman he loves behind and take up arms to battle infidels in the Holy Land.

©1998 Jan Guillou; English translation copyright 2009 by Steven T. Murray (P)2020 Tantor Action & Adventure Historical Fiction
Captivating Story • Sweeping Historical Saga • Amazing Characters • Rich Cultural Details • Epic Romance
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It took a couple chapters to learn the basics from the storyteller but curiosity won and I listened. I’m anxious for the saga to continue. Beautifully written!!

Excellent!

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Gripping narration brings medieval Sweden alive. The Road to Jerusalem audiobook blends history, romance, and honor into a captivating journey.

Well written!

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The mixing of filosofy and recognition of different aspects of life combined with a lovely dry humor manages to envelop a fantastic story, with amazing characters into a absolute must-read. I keep returning to this trilogy. absolutely love it!

Fenominal

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Every time I return to this story I find myself immersed again in the history, power politics and religious conflict, and that’s what I think I want. But it’s the enduring romance that drives this story forward and makes it impossible to put down.

Epic Romance with Sweeping History

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This is an excellent telling of a story I knew. So we’ll done I didn’t recognize it until the last chapter. Now I feel like I lost a best friend. Don’t miss this one! Looking for the sequel. The reader was a little
to get used too. Make sure you do. You’ll love him, too!

The cake and ice cream of Historical novels

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wonderful story! its good to finally read a book that portrays the Templars as honorably as they were.

captivating story

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If you're Catholic, love history, medieval warfare, the Crusades, or even the Crusader Kings games then you'll love this book!!!! If you're only into one of those things I think you'll appreciate it it very much. I would definitely recommend.

DEUS VULT

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Beautifully written epic saga befitting ancient Scandinavia with such exquisite detail of life and culture of going back to the 11th centuries or more when Europe was still waging a Holy War in Jerusalem. Absorbing story and even more compelling and irresistible characters that one falls in love with instantly. Narrated brilliantly by Gildart Jackson who conveyed the nuanced emotions so deliciously that made it so supremely entertaining!

Outstanding historical tale of Scandinavian life in the 11th century

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I love series books, and want to read all of this series . I enjoyed the extremely well developed characters.
The author gave beautiful descriptions; I felt I was there. The characters were unforgettable.
The big picture of their lives, seen at the end of the story was profoundly deep.

Very interesting and well written.

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And I got this. It's a very positive and more importantly to me NOT PREACHY view into Christian philosophy, at least thats how I see it. I never realized how universally atheist new books are becoming, and having just a good guy priest, not a former badass(there is one of these, though), not secretly working against the protagonist, or whatever trope that's going around, is ironically refreshing.

I believe somebody was complaining on here about a "misleading title". "They don't even get to Jerusalem til the end!", to which I answer: the book is called "the ROAD TO JERUSALEM and not "WE GOT TO JERUSALEM EARLY" That person sold me a book.

And most importantly ITS NOT ABOUT ENGLAND. I'm an American who knows more about Crecy than Gettysburg because historical fiction writers(and consumers, I imagine) only seem care about English history. Vikings, English Archers, English Knights. That's all we get. Even Christian Cameron had to make his protagonists English, even though theyre barely in England. We might get a France every now and again, but this is an incredibly well written book about medieval SWEDEN. Less England. More anything else.

TLDR, it's not what you're expecting, it's better. If you want big dumb dudes in shiny metal hitting eachother with sticks on horseback, this isn't for you. If you want a thoughtful look modern issues while looking into the past, this will be your jam.

Went looking for trashy historical fiction...

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