The Kingdom at the End of the Road

The Kingdom at the End of the Road (Swedish: Riket vid vägens slut) is the third book in Jan Guillou's The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) book series. This book follows the fictional character of Arn Magnusson as he returns home to Sweden after 20 years as a Knight Templar.

The Kingdom at the End of the Road
First edition
AuthorJan Guillou
Original titleRiket vid vägens slut
LanguageSwedish
SeriesThe Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy)
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherPiratförlaget
Publication date
January 2000
Publication placeSweden
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book & E-book
Pages431 pp
ISBN91-89426-02-9
OCLC45145878
LC ClassPT9876.17.U38 R55 2000
Preceded byThe Knight Templar 
Followed byThe Heritage of Arn 

The book starts with Arn coming home to the abbey in which he grew up and reuniting with his kinsmen. Arn, now an experienced knight, has great plans for Sweden. To build a superior and centralized fighting force to create a stable peace within the three countries that will one day be known as Sweden. He is also forced to repel two invasions by the Danish-supported pretender to the throne, Sverker Karlsson.

This book covers the last part of Arn's life and argues that Arn is the de facto founding father of modern Sweden.

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