Crusades trilogy

The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) is a series of books about the fictional character of Arn Magnusson. The series is written by Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou

After finishing the Coq Rouge series, Guillou wrote a trilogy about Arn Magnusson, a fictional Swedish character from the middle ages who was forced to become a Knight Templar. The series is an account of the life of Arn Magnusson, a person who becomes witness as well as catalyst to many important historical events, both in his homeland of Sweden and in the crusader states of the middle-east.

The trilogy, dubbed the Crusades trilogy, consists of the following books:

• The road to Jerusalem, originally Vägen till Jerusalem, (1998) the first book in the series
• The Knight Templar, originally Tempelriddaren, (1999) ISBN 0-7528-4650-7 the second book in the series
• The kingdom at the end of the road, originally Riket vid vägens slut, (2000) the third book in the series

Guillou also wrote a follow-up novel, The Heritage of Arn (2001). In Guillou's universe Birger Jarl, the founder of Stockholm, is fictionalized to be the grandson of Arn Magnusson.

Translations

The Knight Templar trilogy is translated to following languages:

• Danish (Historien om Arn: Vejen til Jerusalem, Tempelridderen and Riget ved vejens ende, and besides that Arven efter Arn)
• English (The Knight Templar (Crusades Trilogy): The road to Jerusalem, The Knight Templar and The kingdom at the end of the road, and besides that The Heritage of Arn)
• Norwegian (Arn-trilogien: Veien til Jerusalem, Tempelridderen and Riket ved veiens ende, and besides that Arven etter Arn)
• Spanish (El camino a Jerusalén, El caballero templario and El reino al final del camino/Regreso al Norte)
• German (Die Götaland-Trilogie: Die Frauen von Götaland, Die Büßerin von Gudhem og Die Krone von Götaland)
• Finnish (Ristiretki-trilogia: Tie Jerusalemiin, Temppeliherra and Pohjoinen valtakunta and as fourth Arnin perintö)