{"product_id":"the-road-to-jerusalem-the-crusades-trilogy-book-1-9780061832864","title":"The Road to Jerusalem (The Crusades Trilogy  Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor power. For passion. For glory. The epic story of the knights templar. Born in 1150 to a noble family in the Kingdom of Western Gtaland  young Arn Magnusson is marked early on by a miraculous and fateful event. When the boy inexplicably recovers after falling from the parapet of his ancestral home  his mother finds herself beholden to a promise made in a moment of prayer. Arn  second-born son of Magnus Folkesson  will live his life in the service of Godsent from his family to do holy work and to prepare for a position in the priory. At Varnhem monastery  Arn comes of age under the tutelage of Father Henri  a Cistercian monk devoted to his aristocratic pupils education. However  grammar  math  and logic are not the only lessons: Brother Guilbert  the monastery blacksmith and former Knight Templar  finds Arn adept at training of a very different kind. Observing the boys extraordinary talent with horse  sword  and bow  Father Henri  trusting in Gods will  sends his charge into the world to fulfill a destiny that lies beyond the cloister walls. Returning home  Arn finds his monastic habits at odds with his clans old and tested ways. Yet his family soon discovers that Arn has learned more than poetry and farm work  and he proves himself useful at a time when he is needed most. The murder of a king has brought Western Gtaland into a whirlwind of intrigue  and cunning lords from East and West are vying for power. And  when Arn meets the lovely Cecilia  he discovers this new and dangerous world holds other surprises too. Before he can claim her hand  however  the headstrong and nave noble makes a fateful mistake that will wrench him from his love and send him to a foreign warto the Holy Land to battle infidels for twenty years. From the frozen landscapes of Northern Europe to the bloody battlefields of the Middle East  Arn will face brave knights  powerful queens  and treacherous kings. The first book in the international bestselling Crusades Trilogy  this thrilling epic of betrayal  faith  blood  and love sets \"a Shakespearian quest for power\" (Corriere della Sera  Italy) against the backdrop of the Holy Wars  witnessed through a vibrant  unorthodox lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646907506741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0061832863","price":84.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780061832864.jpg?v=1781681145","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-road-to-jerusalem-the-crusades-trilogy-book-1-9780061832864","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}