Brethren - Hardcover

Young, Robyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525949755 ISBN 13: 9780525949756

Publisher: E P Dutton, 2006

Synopsis

After joining the Order of the Knights Templar, young Will Campbell is assigned to recover a heretical text stolen from the group's vaults, unaware that the book, a Grail romance, hides clues to a covert plot by the Anima Templi, the Soul of the Temple, a secret group within the order. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.

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Review:

BRETHREN is one of the best historical debuts in recent memory. Exciting and enthralling, it gripped me from the first page and left me waiting anxiously for the next instalment (John Connolly)

Pacy and well-written, with vivid, convincing characters, BRETHREN captures your interest until the last page. I eagerly anticipate the sequel, knowing I will not be disappointed (Alison Weir)

Engaging and enjoyable - Robyn Young brings the tumultuous medieval world to life with pace and flair (Tom Harper, author, Knights Of The Cross)

El Cid meets The Da Vinci Code! Exciting, page-turning fiction (Simon Mayo's Book Panel, BBC Radio Five Live)

Rich historical detail, clever plotting and engaging characters . . . a historical thriller that will have readers turning pages and envisioning the sequel (Publishers Weekly)

Wonderful... loaded with atmosphere, action, and intrigue. The Crusades come alive (Steve Berry, author of THE TEMPLAR LEGACY)

BRETHREN is one of the best historical debuts in recent memory. Exciting and enthralling, it gripped me from the first page and left me waiting anxiously for the next instalment (John Connolly, author of THE BLACK ANGEL and THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS)

Rich historical detail, clever plotting and engaging characters . . . a historical thriller that will have readers turning pages and envisioning the sequel (Publishers Weekly)

Pacy and well-written, with vivid, convincing characters, Brethren captures your interest until the last page. I eagerly anticipate the sequel, knowing I will not be disappointed (Alison Weir)

Intricate, compelling, captivating and, above all, believable ... a brilliant piece of sustained imagination (David Boyle, author of BLONDEL'S SONG)

From the Publisher:

'I love the way Robyn creates such a strong sense of time and place,' says Nick Sayers, 'while keeping an enjoyably modern tone to her writing. She makes you feel always that these are people just like us, but living and breathing in the thirteenth century.'

About this edition

• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0525949755
• ISBN 13: 9780525949756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 483