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The Crusaders 2 - Captured

Stefan is kept a prisoner by the nomad chief Baybar. He learns how to ride and meets the one-armed Norse knight Knut. When the nomads’ camp is attacked by Frankish knights, Stefan is delighted, but it turns out that these knights are to kill everybody at the camp.

The Crusaders is a five-book epic tale with historical events and persons as its point of departure. The reader gets to know Stefan, a young pilgrim who goes off on a crusade along with his Frankish family. The books show both the Christian and Muslim side of the conflict, giving the reader a colourful and exciting insight into the cultural and historical events of a unique era. The book series is illustrated by Elin Marie Bugge.

Praise for The Crusaders 2 - Captured:

"We need stories of how encounters between Christians and Moslems have taken place, for better or worse, through the ages. And for that we need both more knowledge and clear attitudes. Sørum makes his contribution to this, and the author’s moral is perhaps contained in the doctor Thabet’s remark on page 38 in book 2: 'The inhabitants of the earth are divided into two, my friend. Those who have brains but no religion. And those that have religion but no brains. Lou was perhaps someone who had both.' All in all an exciting, successful and well-composed beginning to a series."
(Barnebokkritikk.no)

First published: 2008, Aschehoug Children
Steffen R.M. Sørum: Biography and Bibliography