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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Series--the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. A brutal raid on the quiet coastal English village of Hookton in 1342 leaves but one survivor: a young archer named Thomas. On this terrible dawn, his purpose becomes clear--to recover a stolen sacred relic and pursue to the ends of the earth the murderous black-clad knight bearing a blue-and-yellow standard, a journey that leads him to the courageous rescue of a beautiful French woman, and sets him on his ultimate quest: the search for the Holy Grail.… (mais)
Thomas, jovem arqueiro inglês, após ver o pai ser morto, ingressa no exército inglês e luta na França. Uma descrição realista da vida à época e na guerra. Leitura eletrizante para quem gosta de descrição de batalhas sangrentas. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
"... many deadly battles have been fought, people slaughtered, churches robbed, souls destroyed, young women and virgins deflowered, respectable wives and widows dishonoured; towns, manors and building burned, and robberies, cruelties and ambushes committed on the highways. Justice has failed because of these things. The Christian faith has withered and commerce has perished and so many other wickednesses and horrid things have followed from these wars that they cannot be spoken, numbered or written down." - Jean II, King of France, 1360
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
HARLEQUIN is for Richard and Julie Rutherford-Moore
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
The treasure of Hookton was stolen on Easter morning 1342.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Series--the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. A brutal raid on the quiet coastal English village of Hookton in 1342 leaves but one survivor: a young archer named Thomas. On this terrible dawn, his purpose becomes clear--to recover a stolen sacred relic and pursue to the ends of the earth the murderous black-clad knight bearing a blue-and-yellow standard, a journey that leads him to the courageous rescue of a beautiful French woman, and sets him on his ultimate quest: the search for the Holy Grail.