The Kingdom at the End of the Road

{{Short description|2000 Book by Jan Guillou}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = The Kingdom at the End of the Road

| title_orig = Riket vid vägens slut

| translator =

| image = The Kingdom at the End of the Road.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Jan Guillou

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| cover_artist =

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| series = The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy)

| subject =

| genre = Historical novel

| publisher = Piratförlaget

| pub_date = January 2000

| english_pub_date =

| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book & E-book

| pages = 431 pp

| isbn = 91-89426-02-9

| congress= PT9876.17.U38 R55 2000

| oclc = 45145878

| preceded_by = The Knight Templar

| followed_by = The Heritage of Arn

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The Kingdom at the End of the Road ({{langx|sv|Riket vid vägens slut}}) is the third book in Jan Guillou's The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) book series. This book follows the fictional character of Arn Magnusson as he returns home to Sweden after 20 years as a Knight Templar.

The book starts with Arn coming home to the abbey in which he grew up and reuniting with his kinsmen. Arn, now an experienced knight, has great plans for Sweden. To build a superior and centralized fighting force to create a stable peace within the three countries that will one day be known as Sweden. He is also forced to repel two invasions by the Danish-supported pretender to the throne, Sverker Karlsson.

This book covers the last part of Arn's life and argues that Arn is the de facto founding father of modern Sweden.

See also

{{Crusades trilogy}}

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Category:2000 Swedish novels

Category:Novels by Jan Guillou

Category:Novels set during the Crusades

Category:Novels set in Sweden

Category:Novels set in the 12th century

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