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SWORD BRETHREN

Jon Byrne

ISBN 978-1-83574-079-8

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Publication: 28 NOVEMBER 2024
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ISBN: 9781835740798
Price: £10.99

Binding: Paperback
Format: 216 x 138 mm

Extent: 448 pp
Thema: FV Historical fiction

Author location: Germany

• A medieval adventure follows Richard Fitz
Simon after losing his English Castle. Forced
to flee, he aligns with the Livonian Sword
Brothers and later becomes a prisoner.
• The book begins in 1242, with the main
narrative set between 1203-1205. Intrigued by
Richard's story,
• Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod instructs his
scholar to assist Richard in writing about his
life.
• The book would appeal to readers of Bernard
Jon Byrne, originally from London, now lives in Bavaria with his Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Ben Kane.
German family, working as a writer, translator and occasional
lumberjack. He has always been fascinated by history and has 1242. After being wounded in the Battle on the Ice, Richard
studied the Medieval world for over twenty years, building up a Fitz Simon becomes a prisoner of Prince Alexander Nevsky
comprehensive library of books. In his research, he has travelled to of Novgorod. Alexander, intrigued by his captive’s story,
all of the locations mentioned in the book; East Anglia, Bremen, instructs his scholar to assist Richard in writing about his
Lübeck, and Latvia. 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
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doubts, with as many enemies within the fortified
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