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Title	:	Crusade (Brethren Trilogy #2)
Author	:	Robyn Young
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 512 pages
Published	:	August 2nd 2007 by Dutton (first published January 1st 2007)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

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The second volume in Robyn Young’s internationally bestselling Brethren trilogy, this is gripping historical fiction that reads like tomorrow’s headlines—portraying a rising tide of political pressures that led East and West to war in the thirteenth century.

The year is 1274, and, after years of bloodshed, peace reigns in the Middle East, in part due to the efforts of a mysterious group known as the Brethren. However, one of their number, Will Campbell, suspects that the Brethren have been betrayed. Their enemies are numerous and powerful: A cabal of ruthless Western merchants aims to reignite war in the Holy Land, in the hope that they can turn a profit—by means of a plan so scandalous that should they succeed the entire Muslim world will rise against the Christians in retaliation. Prince Edward—once a trusted member of the Brethren—has made a promise to the pope: He will take the Cross to Jerusalem and lead a new Crusade. War has come.

Meanwhile, in Egypt, Sultan Baybars is caught in a power struggle. His eldest son, and heir to the kingdom, has become involved in the dangerous designs of the insidious soothsayer, Khadir. While Baybars wants to take on the mighty Mongol empire, Khadir and others in the sultan’s court want to destroy the Christians once and for all. As the sultan’s son schemes against his own family, old scars of the Crusades are quickly uncovered and new wounds appear. To survive the escalating conflict and protect his family, Will must harness all his knowledge and courage. In a world of reckless greed and violence, Campbell may become the people’s last hope for peace.

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Original Title:	Crusade
ISBN:	0525950168 (ISBN13: 9780525950165)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Brethren Trilogy #2
Characters:	Baibars, Will Campbell

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It took a while to get into this book as the first few chapters are heavy-going and lack any sort of hook. Unfortunately, my initial thoughts were that it was nowhere near as good as "Brethren", the first in the trilogy.I persevered and the plot did become more involving and fast-paced, however several interesting story threads seemed to fizzle out or at least were not developed as they could have been.So although there were several bright spots to this book, my end conclusion was still that it

Although I had not read the first book in the series I soon picked up the storyline as characters and worlds are well defined in the opening chapters. I particularly liked the historical period and felt the book well researched. Robyn Young created believable fictional characters to complete the historical story of the Templars. I was taken enough with the story to feel compelled to read the next book.

My criticism of Crusade would me much the same of the 1st book in the series in that it concentrates more on the fictional story of fictional characters rather than using these characters as a vehicle for the telling of genuine historical events. So you end up with the story of the fictional Anima Temple which is told against the background of the end of West occupation of the Holy Land rather than the tales of the Knight Templer as experience by the characters. And Im not fond of the impetuous



Well I'm doing all three of these back to back, and this one was a much better read than Brethren. Again I learned a lot of history with extra research, but overall I loved the setting, mostly being the Kingdom of Jerusalem. As with Brethren, the story continues to be somewhat unbelievable, but the characters really come to life and because I was somewhat ignorant of this period of history it kept me page turning to see how things were going to end. All in all though a fine read.

As with Brethren, I liked this but didn't love it.However, I am hooked, and have already started Requiem: The Fall of the Templars.

The author definitely hooked me on this series. Some of my interest was based in the time period- my lack of knowledge of it made this sort of a historical discovery for me. I appreciate a writer that does their homework, cites sources and stays mostly faithful to the history of the era while still developing a solid plot and characters.The story follows the main characters Will, Garin, and Elwen into adulthood. The challenges Will faces while balancing his romantic relationship with Elwen and