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Original title Riket vid vägens slut Publisher Piratförlaget Originally published January 2000 Preceded by The Road to Jerusalem Country Sweden | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language Swedish Publication date January 2000 Genre Historical Fiction OCLC 45145878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book & E-book Similar Works by Jan Guillou, Crusades trilogy books, Historical novel books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Kingdom at the End of the Road (Swedish: Riket vid vägens slut) is the third book in Jan Guillou's The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) book series. This book follows the fictional character of Arn Magnusson as he returns home to Sweden after 20 years as a Knight Templar.
The book starts with Arn coming home to the abbey in which he grew up and reuniting with his kinsmen. Arn, now an experienced knight, has great plans for Sweden. To build a superior and centralized fighting force to create a stable peace within the three countries that will one day be known as Sweden. He is also forced to repel two invasions by the Danish-supported pretender to the throne, Sverker Karlsson.
This book covers the last part of Arn's life and argues that Arn is the de facto founding father of modern Sweden.