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The Heritage of Arn

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The Heritage of Arn
Swedish first edition cover
AuthorJan Guillou
Original titleArvet efter Arn
LanguageSwedish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherPiratförlaget
Publication date
June 2001
Publication placeSweden
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book & E-book
Pages424 pp
ISBN91-642-0003-5
OCLC49309930
LC ClassPT9876.17.U38 A78 2001
Preceded byThe Kingdom at the End of the Road 

The Heritage of Arn (Swedish: Arvet efter Arn) is a sequel to The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) by Jan Guillou about Birger Jarl, the founder of Stockholm - fictionalized to be Arn Magnusson's grandson.

The story spans across a transitional period of Scandinavia where the last remnants of the Viking traditions are replaced by continental medieval customs and the Swedes and Geats unite under the hard rule of Birger "Jarl" Magnusson. The novel, based on Swedish history and legends, starts Birger as a young man who has just lost his father Magnus and grandfather Arn Magnusson. Under the eyes of his formidable mother, Ingrid Ylva, he is groomed into a fully fledged general and statesman. Cunning in war, finance, politics and theology, he slowly seizes power over the country, annexes Finland as part of Sweden and eliminates all pretenders to the throne in favour of his own son. Thus concluding the work of making Sweden one single nation.

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