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 Brethren Trilogy: Brethren - Robyn Young
Description: ISBN 0340839694 / Author: Robin Young / Genre: Fiction / 'Wonderful...loaded with atmosphere, action, and intrigue. The Crusades come ... more  Brethren Trilogy: Brethren - Robyn Young ... alive.'Newest Review: ... chain of political intrigue, brutal passion and religious fervour all combine to come together in a explosive finale that ... more ... shapes the known world and reverberates in conflict for decades to follow.
Robyn Young is an author on debut and a very fine one it is too. With an endearing acknowledgement at the start, a sketch map of The Holy Land and a prologue from “The Book of The Grail“, Robyn Young sets out on an ambitious tale of love and intrigue, passion and despair, retracing the legend of the Holy Grail and marrying it with the events of those times. Born in Oxford in 1975, Young starting writing at school in Devon. Winning various prizes f...more |
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Brethren Trilogy: Brethren - Robyn Young: Allahu Akbar! (1093 words)
by marandina - written on 25.05.07 (Very useful, 202 readings)
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If ever there was a topic in danger of overkill it’s the story of the Holy Grail and all of the romantic association that goes with it. Having suffered at the hands of the movie version of Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” and faired better with Kate Mosse’s book “Labyrinth”, this wasn’t a genre I’d planned to revisit so soon. With Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie still my first thought when cornered by the notion of King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table and a rather rude, French guard at the top of a tower turret, it was with some reticence that I embarked on the book “Brethren” albeit the synopsis and Sunday Times recommendation did swing it for me in terms of ...
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