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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Vejen til Jerusalem

I det Herrens år 1150 fødes Arn Magnusson til Arnäs. Han opdrages af cisterciensermunkene i Varnhem Kloster i Västra Götaland og Vitskøl Kloster i Danmark og får her den bedste uddannelse, Europa på det tidspunkt kan præstere. Han lærer også at håndtere bue og sværd, for munkene har forstået, at Arn nok ikke er bestemt til at blive klosterbroder. Da Arn som 17-årig forlader klostret, drages han ind i magtstridigheder. Og han dømmes til tyve års bodstjeneste som tempelridder for sin kærlighed til den smukke Cecilia. Vejen til Jerusalem er begyndt. VEJEN TIL JERUSALEM er 1. bind i Jan Guillous romanserie fra korstogstiden. "Eco skriver et sted: Længe leve drømmen om middelalderen, bare fornuften ikke sover. Det gør den så sandelig ikke hos Guillou. Og det gør læseren slet ikke, når han først er på Vejen til Jerusalem. - Politiken “Vejen til Jerusalem” går rent ind. Som underholdning og som historisk spændingsroman med et veldokumenteret middelalderbillede. - B.T.
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Publish date28 Jan 2010
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN audio9788770534260