Harlequin
The Grail Quest (Book 1)
- Author Bernard Cornwell
- Narrator Andrew Cullum
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 27 March 2014
- Run Time 14 hours and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, War, combat and military adventure fiction.
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
‘Crackling with good deeds, fine characters and sparkling set pieces, it confirms yet again Cornwell’s reputation for masterly historical novels’ DAILY MAIL
n‘It is all spectacular, rattling good stuff: war and torture; love, lust and loss’ THE TIMES
n‘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
n‘A very fine writer’ ECONOMIST
n| Author | Bernard Cornwell |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Andrew Cullum |
| Series | The Grail Quest |
| Duration | 14 hours and 49 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780007582747 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Historical adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, War, combat and military adventure fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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