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Pages in category "Thomas of Hookton novels" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. -The Grail Quest;
The fictional Thomas of Hookton leaves his native Dorset after the murder of his father by Thomas's own cousin and joins an English army under Edward III as an archer. In Harlequin, he is involved in the fighting in Brittany and subsequently at the Battle of Crécy. The battle is a decisive victory for the English, despite being seriously ...
Thomas kills four men, but the rest leave with the lance and captives. Thomas learns from his dying father that he is a French count who fled his evil family and that the Harlequin is Thomas's first cousin. Three years pass. Thomas is in France with the English army, serving under Will Skeat, a successful mercenary leader.
Thomas of Hookton - leader of a band of English and Welsh longbowmen and men-at-arms of various nationalities; Genevieve - Thomas's wife; Hugh - Thomas's son; Robbie Douglas - Scottish noble, Thomas's friend; William, Lord of Douglas - uncle of Robbie Douglas, fighting for the French so he can fight the English
Heretic is the third novel in The Grail Quest series by English author Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2003.Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years' War, the novel follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which may grant decisive victory to the possessor.
Vagabond is the second novel in The Grail Quest series by English author Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2002.Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years' War, it follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which will grant decisive victory to the possessor.
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is a English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign.He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe.
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