About the author

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (Swedish pronunciation: [¹jɑːn ɡɪ¹juː], French: [ɡiju]; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy(+) of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist. In 1973, he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet.

In October 2009, the tabloid Expressen accused Guillou of having been active as an agent of the Soviet spy organization KGB between 1967 and 1972. Guillou confirmed he had a series of contacts with KGB representatives during this period, he also confirms having received payments from KGB, but maintains that his purpose was to collect information for his journalistic work. The accusation was based on documents released from the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and interviews with former KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky. In a later trial, Expressen denied having accused Guillou of having been a Soviet spy, claiming that this was a false interpretation of its headlines and reporting.

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Jan Guillous mest omfattende bogprojekt nogensinde!

Da havet tog deres far og farbror, måtte de tre drenge drage til Bergen for at skaffe sig føden. Mange år senere blev de uddannet til ingeniører ved universitetet i Dresden. Året var 1901, og menneskehedens teknisk mest avancerede århundrede var netop begyndt. Meningen var nu, at brødrene skulle vende tilbage til Norge for at bidrage til byggeriet af jernbanen mellem Oslo og Bergen, et storslået norsk ingeniørprojekt. Men kærligheden vendte op og ned på planerne.

Med BROBYGGERNE indleder Jan Guillou sin nye romanserie Det Store Århundrede.

Første bind af Jan Guillous romanserie ”Det Store Århundrede” fanger læseren fra starten./Jydske Vestkysten.

Guillou skriver flydende, og han fokuserer på indlysende interessante begivenheder i et indlysende interessant århundrede ... underholdende./ Dagbladenes Bureau

Første bind i Jan Guillous nye romanserie om det 20. århundrede er glimrende underholdning./Ekstra Bladet.

En rustikt underholdende og sidevendende roman ... Første bind af en effektivt fascinerende romanserie./Politiken

Jan Guillou kommer godt fra start med sit ambitiøse projekt ... Han fortæller levende og interessant./Kristeligt Dagblad

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Edition1
Printed pages548
Publish date27 Oct 2011
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN print9788770536417