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Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 1
Language
English
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Seriesthe 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 clearto recover a stolen sacred relic and pursue...
2) The archer
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A young man seeks wisdom from a retired archer who explains how the principles of archery can help readers find the courage to take risks and embrace life's unexpected turns.
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Language
English
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Bringing to life the violence, action and heroism of the battlefield, this brilliant recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 follows a severely outnumbered English army as they, through the ingenious planning of Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French and captured the Poitiers and French King John II.
On September 19, 1356, a severly outnumbered English army faced off against the French at the Battle of Poitiers. But what seemed like...
Author
Publisher
Akadine Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The White company: In 1366, while England is at war with Spain, young Alleyne Edricson becomes a squire to Sir Nigel Loring and travels to France to join a bold band of archers known as the White Company.
Sir Nigel: A young squire, Sir Nigel, sets out to perform noble deeds, thereby winning honor and the hand of the woman he loves.
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Language
English
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"1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, not even Emma, an eleven-year-old peasant, is safe. A depraved monk obsessed with redheads kidnaps the ginger-haired girl from her village and leaves her for dead. When an archer for hire named Gwyl finds her, she has no memory of her previous life. Unable to abandon her, Gwyl takes the girl with him, dressing her as a...
Author
Series
Vorrh novels volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Books, A division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The Vorrh follows a brilliant cast of characters through a parallel Africa where fact, fiction, and fantasy collide. Tsungali, a native marksman conscripted by the colonial authorities--against whom he once led a revolt--is on the hunt for an English bowman named Williams. Williams has made it his mission to become the first human to traverse the Vorrh, a vast forest at the edge of the colonial city of Essenwald. The Vorrh is endless, eternal; a...
Author
Series
Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
From internationally bestselling author Bernard Cornwell comes the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Archer's Tale, in his acclaimed Grail Quest series, in which a young archer sets out to avenge his family's honor on the battlefields of the Hundred Years' War and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. 1347: a year of war and unrest. England's army is fighting in France, and its absence encourages the Scots to invade the old enemy. Thomas of Hookton,...
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