The Brethren (Haggard novel)

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]

Book image; brothers chase ship.
The Brethren
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCassell & Co (UK)
McClure, Phillips (US)
Publication date
1904

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. "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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