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The Brethren
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Twin English knights Godwin and Wulf d’Arcy travel east after their cousin Rosamund is abducted into the political world of Saladin. Rivalry for her love is tested by captivity, warfare and encounters with opponents whose honour complicates the simple divisions of crusading propaganda.
Set around the wars for Jerusalem and the Third Crusade, the novel moves between England, the crusader states and Saladin’s court. It uses chivalric adventure to examine divided faith, kinship and the unstable boundaries between enemy, hostage and ally.
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