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The Brethren
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCassell & Co (UK)
McClure, Phillips (US)
Publication date
1904

The Brethren is a 1904 historical novel by H. Rider Haggard set during the Third Crusade.[1][2][3] The Brethren features Saladin and the Assassins as characters.[2]

Modern criticism

Robert Irwin dismissed The Brethern as "Haggard's preposterous farrago". Irwin also criticized the novel's depiction of Chivalry, saying that in The Brethern "Chivalry and the public-school ethos are hardly distinguishable."[4]

References

  1. ^ "MR. RIDER HAGGARD". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1904. p. 5 Section: The Sunday Times Magazine Section. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "REVIEWS OF BOOKS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 November 1904. p. 9. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ "MR. RIDER HAGGARD ON THE CRUSADES". Western Mail. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1905. p. 50. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ Irwin, Robert, "Saladin and the Third Crusade: A Case Study in Historiography and the Historical Novel". In Bentley, Michael, Companion to Historiography. London. Routledge, 2007 ISBN 9780415285575 (pgs. 140-142)

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