The first book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling GRAIL QUEST series,in a bright and bold repackage.
The year is 1342. The English,led by Edward III,are laying waste to the French countryside. The army may be led by the King,but it is the archers,the common men,who are England's secret weapon. The French know them as Harlequins.
Thomas of 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 through fields smeared with the smoke of fires set by the rampaging English,until at last the two armies face each other on a hillside near the village of Crécy.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007310302Number of pages: 496Weight: 350 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 32 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Crackling with good deeds,fine characters and sparkling set pieces,it confirms yet again Cornwell's reputation for masterly historical novels'DAILY MAIL
'It is all spectacular,rattling good stuff: war and torture; love,lust and loss'THE TIMES
'The battle scenes,as always,are masterful; and the vignettes of everyday living,in times of extreme hardship,have the ring of simple truth'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'A very fine writer'ECONOMIST
Bernard Cornwell
From the strife and division of the Dark Ages to the blood and bravery of the Napoleonic Wars,Bernard Cornwell's has been bringing history to life since the early Eighties when he created the unlikely hero renegade-turned-officer Richard Sharpe. Whether turning his hand to the hunt for the Grail quest,Arthurian legend or feuding Saxons in hisLast Kingdomseries,his novels are consistently popular,making him one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling novelists.
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