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Loading... Brethren (edition 2007)by Robyn Young
Work detailsBrethren: An Epic Adventure of the Knights Templar by Robyn Young
None. Adventures, family secrets, guilt and young people growing up around the crusades in the 13th century from two sides of the story--as the author explains in her afterword, some of the adventures and details are fully fictional, the basic facts should agree with the actual historical events. (  ) mari_reads | Aug 6, 2011 |  This was an ok book. I think Will taking up his father's cause was a bit quick. I would have expected a bit more internal conflict. But it seemed as soon as he heard what his father was working on, he accepted it as his own, even though his previous views were very different. The story was good enough that I have already bought the next book in the trilogy. ( ) cbrown1000 | Sep 12, 2010 | Initially I found this really heavy going. The story jumped around between locations and characters and there were a lot of separate plot threads all waiting to be bound together. However, I persisted and was rewarded. The story follows a young Templar sergeant and his journey to the Holy Land. This is the first part of a trilogy and this instalment has set up an interesting story with some fascinating heroes and villians. (  ) cathymoore | Jul 11, 2010 | Easily read, good characters and excellent descriptions of varied backgrounds to an exciting tale. ( ) richardgarside | May 11, 2010 | Have just started the book. In a bizarre twist, I accidentally--well, not really accidentally, it just worked out that way--read book 2 first (Crusade), and am now reading book 1 (Brethren), and will complete the trilogy eventually by reading the third book. So far this is not causing too many problems because each book seems to be able to stand on its own. Garin, Will, Elwain, the other Templars, members of the English royal house, and all of the residents in the Holy Land, are an interesting bunch to follow. Reading a fictional account like this one makes my comprehension and enjoyment of historical writers like Michelet that much greater. I have read all of the reviews below and agree with what Valashain said. It is hard to forget all of the twenty-first century preoccupations that we have when we are reading a book about a time from so long ago. In the end, all one can really do is read some of the really old texts from the Middle Ages and do our best to try to blend them together with what we read in books like the present one from Robyn Young. I think overall she has done a fine job. There is not much more than this that she could realistically do. Hats off to her. I will definitely look for more books from her and see how she develops in her career. libraryhermit | Apr 24, 2010 |
Pre nego što mladi Vil Kembel konačno zauzme svoje mesto u moćnom redu vitezova templara, suočava se s dugim, napornim periodom šegrtovanja pod budnim okom prekog učenjaka Everarda. Dok ulaže neizmerne napore ne bi li podneo surovu disciplinu templarskog reda, Vil mora i da pronađe objašnjenje za svoju tragičnu prošlost i opaku misteriju koja okružuje Everarda, ali i za zbrkana osećanja koja gaji prema Elven, nepokolebljivoj mladoj ženi na koju ga život, čini se, neumitno upućuje. U međuvremenu, na Istoku je zasjala nova zvezda. Bivši rob Bajbars, nemilosrdan borac i izvanredan taktičar, izrastao je u jednog od najvećih vojnih zapovednika i vladara svoga vremena. Bajbarsa, progonjenog neprozirnim senkama detinjstva, goni neodoljiva želja da oslobodi svoj narod evropskih zavojevača. Vilu i Bajbarsu suđeno je da ukrste koplja kao vitez templar i muslimanski ratnik u tom silovitom sudaru civilizacijâ o kojem se na zapadu i danas govori kao o – krstaškim pohodima.
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