Heretic (The Grail Quest, Book 3)

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The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond, this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage.
It is 1347. The Hundred Years War has been suspended. The truce releases English archer Thomas of Hookton to pursue his arch enemy and resume his quest for the most prized relic in Christendom: the Holy Grail. Heading south, Thomas and his men-at-arms begin lightning raids to draw out his enemy.

But fate takes an unexpected hand when the plague strikes. What had been a landscape of castles, monasteries, vineyards and villages becomes deaths kingdom and the need for the grail, as a sign of Gods favour, is more urgent than ever.

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Crackling with good deeds, fine characters and sparkling set pieces, it confirms yet again Cornwells 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

Author Bio

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.