The much-awaited third instalment in Bernard Cornwellβ²s Grail Quest series. In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce.But for Thomas of Hookton, the hero of Harlequin and Vagabond, there is no end to the fighting. He is pursuing the grail, the most sacr
The Grail Quest, Books 1-3
β Scribed by Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 802 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0007531508
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β¦ Synopsis
Bernard Cornwell's bestselling Grail Quest Trilogy in one complete eBook for the first time. Follow the famed archer Thomas of Hookton as he avenges his father's death and retrieves a stolen relic. HARLEQUIN1342. The English, led by Edward III, are laying waste to the French countryside. The archers, the common men, are England's secret weapon. The French know them as Harlequins. Thomas Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal mission: to avenge his father's death and retrieve a stolen relic. Thomas begins a quest that will lead him to finally where the two armies face each other at Crecy. VAGABOND1346. England lies exposed to the threat of invasion. Thomas of Hookton finds himself back in the north as the Scots invade on behalf of the French. He is determined to pursue his quest: to discover whether a relic he is searching for is the Holy Grail. HERETICThe Hundred Years War has been suspended. The truce release Thomas of Hookton to pursue his arch enemy and...
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In Harlequin, Thomas of Hookton travelled to France as an archer and there discovered a shadowy destiny, which linked him to a family of heretical French lords who sought Christendomβ²s greatest relic. Having survived the battle of CrΓ©cy, Thomas is sent back to England, charged with finding the
The much-awaited third instalment in Bernard Cornwellβ²s Grail Quest series. In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce.But for Thomas of Hookton, the hero of Harlequin and Vagabond, there is no end to the fighting. He is pursuing the grail, the most sacred of
SUMMARY: The first in a new series, introducing a splendid hero, against the background of Europe in the One Hundred Years' War. Thomas of Hookton becomes an archer in the army of King Edward III. He revels in the life of an army at war with France and becomes known for his wildness and his fearso