The first book in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage.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.‘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’ ECONOMISTBernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex andworked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, hisAmerican wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote anovel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judydivide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, SouthCarolina.• A MAJOR medieval saga, set in England and Europe• A Global brand – Bernard Cornwell is the author of over 50 novels published in 30 countries and 28 languages: he is the most successful and prolific historical novelist writing today• The bestselling Grail Quest series has sold over ONE MILLION copies to date• The series centres around master archer Thomas of Hookton and The Hundred Years’ War• Bernard Cornwell has sold over 20 million books around the world• Bernard Cornwell is a consistently bestselling author, with a loyal and ever increasing fanbase.Competition: enemy of god; hundred years war;emperor;cicero;Empire;pillars of the earth;column of fire;Kingsbridgeshardlake;falcon;sparta;. . by Wilbur Smith;Iggulden;Lee Child;Simon Scarrow;Ken Follett;c.s.cs forester;c.j. cj sansom;robert harris;Cornwall;George r r martin;robert harris;hastings;hilary mantel.
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