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    <body><![CDATA[Epic. Sprawling. Exciting. Romantic. Sad. These five words could be used to describe this book about a secret organization within the Templar knights. As long as I can remember I have been fascinated by the Templar knights. I don't know how it started or even why, but I actively seek out novels that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56314938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A full three stars here for a solid read on a subject that has always appealed. Could have squeezed it to a four but for some info dumping that was over and above the palatable; good first novel and I have the second one <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1145825.Crusade_Brethren_Trilogy_book_2_" title="Crusade (Brethren Trilogy book 2) by Robyn Young">Crusade</a> on the bedside shelves.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Part I featured Edwar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41843585">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good book by a very young author. She is only 32 and this book is part of a trilogy <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.robynyoung.com/news.html.">http://www.robynyoung.com/news.html.</a> The second book will be out summer of 2007.<br/><br/>Brethren came out some time last year. I bought the book some time in April 2007, hehe..finished it in one day. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16384751">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Be forewarned that what follows is a sexist review. Young's writing of the epic adventure has the main male characters self-reflect and chastigate themselves over their treatment of commarades and lady loves too much for my liking and entertainment. Good adventure, fighting, complex bad guys you can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40998809">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book quite a bit. i have read some novels of the Templars, but often it is modern day stuff and the intrigue is some long lost secret.  Reading about how they interacted with different sects of christendom and went on crusades was quite interesting.  I fully intend to read the other two...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37312594">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked how the many story lines intertwined. As it is about the crusades, lots of people die and it gets a bit gruesome in parts. I thought how it was interesting how when someone died, it was told from their point of view. I read ahead to the next book but decided I didn't want to read it when som...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39179561">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Took awhile to get interested. Characters seemed awfully whiny. Almost as many stupid misunderstandings as a romance novel. The politics, in the end, seemed very G.W. Bush appropriate. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was outstanding, mixing in the history with the characters travels truly puts in the book and wanting more.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderful novel--learn a bit of history and geography, and it's a good read and a good story.  Very enjoyable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel is in league with the Song of Roland and Ivanhoe. Robyn Young is a visionary and outstanding writer]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Started out slow, but picked up, now I can't put the series down.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Brethren: An Epic Adventure of the Knights Templar (The Brethren trilogy book 1)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[the trilogy stops here for me. sorry]]></body>
    
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