by Jan Guillou · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788850209590
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«La badessa» is the historical novel by Jan Guillou, published by TEA in 2005 in paperback (479 pages, in Italian).
In 1177, Saladin, who has sworn to liberate Jerusalem from the invaders, is about to die at the hands of bandits when Arn Magnusson, a twenty-seven-year-old Templar veteran stationed in Gaza, saves him without noticing the irony. In Sweden, Cecilia has given birth to Arn's son, raised by his paternal uncle.
It is the third instalment of the saga «Il romanzo delle Crociate». Italian translation by Katia De Marco.
For readers of historical and adventure novels, interested in the Crusades, the Knights Templar and medieval Sweden.
Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a French-Swedish author, journalist and convicted spy. Guillou has been accused by some commentators of being an agent of the KGB Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret, immoral and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget, together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.
