The Brethren
The Brethren
A Romance of Two Crusaders
Two English knights follow the Sultan Saladin's niece to Palestine. Their adventures are described with the whirl of "King Solomon's Mines," and the mystery of "She."
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her, our uncle, and so many of our kin? Shall we rot here in this dull land, as by our uncle's wish we have done these many years, yes, ever since we were home from the Scottish war, and count the kine and plough the fields like peasants, while our peers are charging on the pagan, and the banners wave, and the blood runs red upon the holy sands of Palestine?"
Now it was Wulf's turn to take fire.
"By our Lady in Heaven, and our lady here!"--and he Iooked at Rosamund, who was watching the pair of them with her quiet thoughtful eyes--"go when you will, Godwin, and I go with you, and as our birth was one birth, so, if it is decreed, let our death be one death." And suddenly his hand that had been playing with the sword-hilt gripped it fast, and tore the long, lean blade from its scabbard and cast it high into the air, flashing in the sunlight, to catch it as it fell again, while in a voice that caused the wild fowl to rise in thunder from the Saltings beneath, Wulf shouted the old war-cry that had r
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Unexpected ending!
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really good. Two adventurous brothers really make a great pair. Strong female characters as well.
01/05/2013
This is a great book! Sadly, it ends like Allan Quartermain...very wrenching.
02/19/2008
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