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Sword Brethren
The Northern Crusader Chronicles, Book #1
by Jon Byrne
Tuesdays, March 11th - April 1st, 2025
Publication Date: November 28th, 2024
Publisher: The Book Guild
Pages: 416
Genre: Historical Fiction / Historical Adventure
1242. After being wounded in the Battle on the Ice, Richard Fitz Simon becomes a prisoner of Prince Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod. Alexander, intrigued by his captive’s story, instructs his scholar to assist Richard in writing about his life.
Richard’s chronicle begins in 1203, when his training to be a knight is disrupted by treachery. He is forced to flee England for Lübeck, where he begins work for a greedy salt merchant. After an illicit love affair, his new life is thrown into turmoil, and he joins the Livonian Brothers of the Sword as they embark on imposing the will of God on the pagans of the eastern Baltic. Here, he must reconcile with his new life of prayer, danger and duty – despite his own religious doubts, with as many enemies within the fortified commandery as the wilderness outside.
However, when their small outpost in Riga is threatened by a large pagan army, Richard is compelled to make a crucial decision and fight like never before.
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Jon Byrne
Jon Byrne, originally from London, now lives with his German family by a lake in Bavaria with stunning views of the Alps. As well as writing, he works as a translator for a local IT company and occasionally as a lumberjack.
He has always been fascinated by history and has studied the Medieval world for over twenty years, building up a comprehensive library of books. In his research, he has travelled to all of the locations mentioned in the book (East Anglia, Bremen, Lübeck, Latvia, etc).
Sword Brethren (formerly Brothers of the Sword) made it to the shortlist of the Yeovil Literary Prize 2022 and the longlist of the prestigious Grindstone International Novel Prize 2022. It is the first book in The Northern Crusader Chronicles.
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This is a great start to a new series
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it, Melisende. I'm looking forward to reading it too.
DeleteThanks Melisende for your kind words. I hope you enjoy it Cathie...
DeleteI absolutely loved the story and found it to have an absorbing narrative that kept you hooked through its well researched rich detail of events, locations and relatable characters. Looking forward to the next one!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous endorsement! I'm looking forward to reading it.
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