The Brethren (Haggard novel) explained

The Brethren
Author:H. Rider Haggard
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Publisher:Cassell & Co (UK)
McClure, Phillips (US)
Release Date:1904

The Brethren is a 1904 historical novel by H. Rider Haggard set during the Third Crusade.[1] [2] [3] The Brethren features Saladin and the Assassins as characters.

Modern criticism

Robert Irwin dismissed The Brethern as "Haggard's preposterous farrago". Irwin also criticized the novel's depiction of Chivalry, saying that in The Brethern "Chivalry and the public-school ethos are hardly distinguishable."[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: MR. RIDER HAGGARD. . . Sydney . 3 April 1904 . 20 December 2013 . 5 Section: The Sunday Times Magazine Section . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: REVIEWS OF BOOKS. . . Adelaide . 19 November 1904 . 20 December 2013 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: MR. RIDER HAGGARD ON THE CRUSADES. . . Perth . 7 January 1905 . 20 December 2013 . 50 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Irwin, Robert, "Saladin and the Third Crusade: A Case Study in Historiography and the Historical Novel". In Bentley, Michael, Companion to Historiography. London. Routledge, 2007 (pgs. 140-142)

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