The hero of this phenomenally successful historical fiction trilogy is arn magnusson, born in 1150 to an aristocratic swedish family. The Road to Jerusalem covers his childhood and education at the cistercian monastry of...The hero of this phenomenally successful historical fiction trilogy is arn magnusson, born in 1150 to an aristocratic swedish family. The Road to Jerusalem covers his childhood and education at the cistercian monastry of varnhem. There he is taught the best of spiritual and worldly learning, as well as being trained to become a master archer and swordsman by the giant brother guilbert, a former knight.