{"product_id":"altdorf","title":"Altdorf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Tell did not exist...but the men and women who inspired the legend did.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnd of the 13th century:\u003c\/b\u003e Five hundred orphans and second sons are rounded up from villages in the Alpine countryside and sold to the Hospitaller Knights of St John. Trained to serve as Soldiers of Christ, they fight in eastern lands they know nothing about, for a cause they do not understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Schwyzer\u003c\/b\u003e, released from his vows, returns to the land of his birth a stranger. Once a leader of men, and captain of the Order''s most famous war galley, he now settles into the simple life of a ferryman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeraina\u003c\/b\u003e, considered a witch by most, a healer by some, is a young woman with a purpose. A Priestess of the Old Religion, and the \u003cb\u003elast druid disciple of the Helvetii Celts\u003c\/b\u003e, she has been gifted by the Great Weave to see what others cannot. Her people need her guidance and protection now more than ever. For Duke Leopold of Habsburg builds a great Austrian fortress in Altdorf. Once finished, the Habsburg occupation will be complete, but the atrocities visited upon her people will have just begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of the majestic mountains, wild forests, and clear, glacier-fed lakes of medieval Switzerland, ALTDORF is the first book in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Forest Knights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith over 1,000 5-Star ratings on Goodreads, Swift''s Forest Knights series is destined to be a classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484368707957,"sku":"9781468012903","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781468012903.jpg?v=1786266437","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/altdorf","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}