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Birth of the Kingdom
Birth of the Kingdom: Book Three of the Crusades Trilogy | Jan Guillou
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Inthe final gripping volume of Jan Guillou’sboundary-breaking Crusades Trilogy, exiled warrior Arnde Gotha returns home to Sweden, determined to liberate and unite his homelandin what promises to be his greatest trial yet. Traveling from Saladin’ssand-swept Holy Lands to the Scandinavian North, Arn’sfinal adventure is a captivating historical narrative encompassing the strugglefor honor, the quest for lost love, and the momentous clash of European andMiddle Eastern cultures. Fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden,William Dietrich, and James Clavell will beenthralled by Jan Guillous’ Birth of the Kingdom,the stunning and dramatic climax to a tale begun in The Road to Jerusalemand The Templar Knight, and a masterpiece of epic and magisterialhistorical fiction.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. Objectively, this isn't a great book, but I love its style and it hits almost all of my narrative kinks, so here I am. Rereading it. Again. In English, because I didn't keep my original copy.

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Needed a distraction while the internet was too depressing, and this is one of my most trusted rereads, although the quality is so so, and that of the translation even more so (but I don't have my Swedish copy any more) . I LOVE stories about people building things.

Hobbinol I 'be had this on my TBR list for quite sometime. I look forward to reading it someday. 7y
annamatopoetry @Hobbinol I definitely recommend the series - l feel silly doing so, because they are hella entertaining but not High Quality. If you like historical fiction, or medieval stuff, or books about building things, you'll love them. 7y
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#booktober catchup. Day 26 was Rereads. This book is objectively pretty bad, but it hits all my favorite story element, so every time I go to read a section, I read the entire thing.