The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling Harlequin, this is the second instalment in Bernard Cornwell's GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage.It is 1346. While King Edward III fights in France, England lies exposed to the threat of invasion. Thomas of Hookton, archer and hero of Crécy, finds himself back in the north just as the Scots invade on behalf of their French allies.Thomas is determined to pursue his personal quest: to discover whether a relic he is searching for is the Holy Grail. But once again it is the archers whose skills will be called upon, and who will become the true heroes of the battle.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-28
Mått:129 x 198 x 33 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Grail Quest
Antal sidor:512
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:9780007310319

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Historiska äventyrsromaner inom Skönlitteratur
Krigsromaner inom Skönlitteratur
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Bernard 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.

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‘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