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Grail Quest #1 - The Archer's Tale

By: Harper Prism

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Harper Prism)

Last Stocked on 9/1/2017

Product Info

Title
Grail Quest #1 - The Archer's Tale
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Bernard Cornwell
Publish Year
2000
Pages
396
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147619035
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. To brave young Thomas, the only survivor, the horror of the attack is epitomized in the casual savagery of a particular black-clad knight, whose flag - three yellow hawks on a blue field - presides over the bloody affair. As the killers sail away, Thomas vows to avenge the murder of his townspeople and to recapture a holy treasure that the black knight stole from the church.

To do this, Thomas of Hookton must first make his way to France; So in 1343 he joins the army of King Edward III as it is about to invade the continent - the beginning of the Hundred Years War. A preternaturally gifted bowman, Thomas quickly becomes recognized as one of England's most deadly archers in King Edward's march across France. Yet he never stops scanning the horizon for his true enemy's flag.

When Thomas saves a young Frenchwoman from a bloodthirsty crowd, her father - French nobleman Sir Guillaume d'Evecque - rewards his bravery by joining him in the hunt for the mysterious dark knight and the stolen holy relic. What begins as a search for vengeance will soon prove the beginning of an even higher purpose: the quest for the Holy Grail itself.