The Brethren (Haggard novel)

1904 novel by H. Rider Haggard

The Brethren
Author	H. Rider Haggard
Language	English
Publisher	Cassell & Co (UK) McClure, Phillips (US)
Publication date	1904
Publication place	United Kingdom

The Brethren is a 1904 historical novel by H. Rider Haggard set during the Third Crusade. 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."

References

"MR. RIDER HAGGARD". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1904. p. 5 Section: The Sunday Times Magazine Section. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ "REVIEWS OF BOOKS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 November 1904. p. 9. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
"MR. RIDER HAGGARD ON THE CRUSADES". Western Mail. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1905. p. 50. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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 ISBN 9780415285575 (pgs. 140-142)

External links

Complete Book at Project Gutenberg
The Brethren public domain audiobook at LibriVox

v t e Works by H. Rider Haggard
Fiction	Dawn (1884) The Witch's Head (1885) King Solomon's Mines (1885) She (1886) Jess (1886) Allan Quatermain (1887) Mr Meeson's Will (1888) Maiwa's Revenge (1888) Colonel Quaritch, VC (1888) Cleopatra (1889) Allan's Wife (1889) Beatrice (1889) The World's Desire (1890) Eric Brighteyes (1891) Nada the Lily (1892) Montezuma's Daughter (1893) The People of the Mist (1894) Joan Haste (1895) Heart of the World (1895) The Wizard (1896) Doctor Therne (1898) Swallow (1898) Elissa (1900) Lysbeth (1901) Pearl Maiden (1903) Stella Fregelius (1904) The Brethren (1904) Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) The Way of the Spirit (1906) Benita (1906) Fair Margaret (1907) The Ghost Kings (1908) The Yellow God (1908) The Lady of Blossholme (1909) Queen Sheba's Ring (1910) Morning Star (1910) Red Eve (1911) The Mahatma and the Hare (1911) Marie (1912) Child of Storm (1913) The Wanderer's Necklace (1913) Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) The Ivory Child (1916) Finished (1917) Love Eternal (1918) Moon of Israel (1918) When the World Shook (1919) The Ancient Allan (1920) Smith and the Pharaohs (1920) She and Allan (1921) The Virgin of the Sun (1922) Wisdom's Daughter (1923) Heu-Heu (1924) Queen of the Dawn (1925) The Treasure of the Lake (1926) Allan and the Ice-gods (1927) Mary of Marion Isle (1929) Belshazzar (1930)
Non-fiction	Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882) A Farmer's Year (1899) The Last Boer War (1899) A Winter Pilgrimage (1901) Rural England (1902) The Poor and the Land (1905) A Gardener's Year (1905) Regeneration (1910) Rural Denmark (1911) The Days of My Life (autobiography, 1926)

Works by H. Rider Haggard

Fiction

Dawn (1884)
The Witch's Head (1885)
King Solomon's Mines (1885)
She (1886)
Jess (1886)
Allan Quatermain (1887)
Mr Meeson's Will (1888)
Maiwa's Revenge (1888)
Colonel Quaritch, VC (1888)
Cleopatra (1889)
Allan's Wife (1889)
Beatrice (1889)
The World's Desire (1890)
Eric Brighteyes (1891)
Nada the Lily (1892)
Montezuma's Daughter (1893)
The People of the Mist (1894)
Joan Haste (1895)
Heart of the World (1895)
The Wizard (1896)
Doctor Therne (1898)
Swallow (1898)
Elissa (1900)
Lysbeth (1901)
Pearl Maiden (1903)
Stella Fregelius (1904)
The Brethren (1904)
Ayesha: The Return of She (1905)
The Way of the Spirit (1906)
Benita (1906)
Fair Margaret (1907)
The Ghost Kings (1908)
The Yellow God (1908)
The Lady of Blossholme (1909)
Queen Sheba's Ring (1910)
Morning Star (1910)
Red Eve (1911)
The Mahatma and the Hare (1911)
Marie (1912)
Child of Storm (1913)
The Wanderer's Necklace (1913)
Allan and the Holy Flower (1915)
The Ivory Child (1916)
Finished (1917)
Love Eternal (1918)
Moon of Israel (1918)
When the World Shook (1919)
The Ancient Allan (1920)
Smith and the Pharaohs (1920)
She and Allan (1921)
The Virgin of the Sun (1922)
Wisdom's Daughter (1923)
Heu-Heu (1924)
Queen of the Dawn (1925)
The Treasure of the Lake (1926)
Allan and the Ice-gods (1927)
Mary of Marion Isle (1929)
Belshazzar (1930)

Non-fiction

Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882)
A Farmer's Year (1899)
The Last Boer War (1899)
A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)
Rural England (1902)
The Poor and the Land (1905)
A Gardener's Year (1905)
Regeneration (1910)
Rural Denmark (1911)
The Days of My Life (autobiography, 1926)

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