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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I det Herrens år 1192 vender Arn Magnusson efter tyve års bodstjeneste i Det Hellige Land tilbage til Västra Götaland. Med sig hjem har han viden og indvandrere, der bliver forudsætningen for en ny tid i Europa, og som bidrager til at skabe det nye kongerige Sverige. Ved Arns hjemkomst er der fred i Västra Götaland. Men Arn og hans elskede Cecilia risikerer at styrte landet ud i kaos og krig, fordi de er overbevist om, at kærligheden er større end magten. Mod syd intrigerer den danske ærkebiskop Absalon, og stormagten Danmark har udviklet rytteriet til et farligt våben ... RIGET VED VEJENS ENDE er 3. bind i Jan Guillous roman serie fra korstogstiden. "Guillou er en stor fortæller, som med dette store værk har udvidet sit repertoire betydeligt ... flot og fængslende er det. Ekstra Bladet Samlet står trilogien om Arn som et storslået mindesmærke om en svunden tid – om dengang Norden nok engang skiftede karakter og ansigt. B.T.
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Publish date28 Jan 2010
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN audio9788770534284