The Road to Jerusalem. Jan Guillou
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Название: The Road to Jerusalem

Автор: Jan Guillou

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Исторические приключения

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isbn: 9780007313952

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      JAN GUILLOU

      The Crusades Trilogy

      The Road

       to Jerusalem

      Translated by Steven T. Murray

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       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Translation copyright © Steven T. Murray 2009 First published in Swedish as Vägen till Jerusalem

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      Source ISBN: 9780007285853

      Ebook edition © FEBRUARY 2009 ISBN: 9780007313952

      Version 2019-02-22

       Dedication

      ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’

      Jacula Prudentum, 1651, no. 170

      Contents

       PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

       THE FOLKUNG CLAN

      (including the Bjälbo branch)

      Magnus Folkesson, master of Arnäs

      Fru Sigrid, first wife of Magnus Folkesson and mother of Eskil and Arn

      Erika Joarsdotter, second wife of Magnus Folkesson

      Eskil Magnusson, first son of Magnus Folkesson

      Arn Magnusson, second son of Magnus Folkesson

      Birger Brosa, younger brother of Magnus Folkesson

       THE ERIK CLAN

      King Erik Jedvardsson, king of Svealand

      Joar Jedvardsson, brother of Erik Jedvardsson

      Kristina Jedvardsson, wife of Erik Jedvardsson (and kinswoman to Fru Sigrid)

      King Knut Eriksson, son of Erik Jedvardsson

       THE SVERKER CLAN

      King Sverker, king of Eastern Götaland

      Queen Ulvhild, first wife of King Sverker

      King Karl Sverkersson, son of King Sverker and Ulvhild

      Rikissa, second wife of King Sverker

      Knut Magnusson, son from Rikissa’s first marriage, later king of Denmark

      Emund Ulvbane (aka ‘Emund One-Hand’)

      Boleslav and Kol, half-brothers of King Karl Sverkersson

       THE PÅL CLAN

      Algot Pålsson, steward of Husaby

      Katarina Algotsdotter, older daughter of Algot

      Cecilia Algotsdotter, younger daughter of Algot

      THE CLERGY (Cistercians from France)

      Father Henri de Clairvaux, prior of Varnhem

      Brother Guilbert de Beaune, the weapons smith

      Brother Lucien de Clairvaux, the gardener

      Brother Guy le Breton, the fisherman

      Brother Ludwig de Bêtecourt, the music master

      Brother Rugiero de Nîmes, the chef

      Archbishop Stéphan

       THE DANES

      King Sven Grate of Denmark

      Magnus Henriksen, the king-slayer

THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM

      In the year of Grace 1150, when the ungodly Saracens, the scum of the earth and the vanguard of the Antichrist, inflicted СКАЧАТЬ