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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Tempelridderen

Arn er 27 år og allerede en æret veteran blandt tempelridderne. Meget har han lært i de ti år, der er gået, siden han red fra Arnäs for at gøre bod som Kristi stridsmand i Det Hellige Land. Nu sidder han som borgherre i Gaza med den opgave at opretholde lov og orden i området. Hjemme er Arns ungdomskærlighed, Cecilia, til straf for deres elskov blevet anbragt i Gudhem Kloster, hvor den strenge Moder Rikissa hersker, og uden for klostrets lukkede verden strides de sverkerske og erikske ætter. TEMPELRIDDEREN er 2. bind i Jan Guillous romanserie fra korstogstiden. “Tempelridderen” er på samme tid spændende som en gammeldags ridderroman og klog på både politik, historie og religion. Ekstra Bladet Fint og formidabelt researchet og med et stædigt drive om at fortælle en god historie med et fast anker i det historiske. Politiken
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Publish date28 Jan 2010
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN audio9788770534277