- Fiction, History, Grail, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. To brave young Thomas, the only survivor, the horror of the attack is epitomized in the casual savagery of a particular black-clad knight, whose flag -- three yellow hawks on a blue field -- presides over the bloody affair.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- intimateepic
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Editora Record, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, HarperTorch
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780007338788
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Bernard Cornwell (born February 23, 1944) is an English author of historical novels, known for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling. Born in London, England, to a Canadian airman father and a mother in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he was adopted by a family in Essex belonging to the Peculiar People sect. Cornwell attended London University and worked as a teacher before joining the BBC, where he spent a decade, eventually becoming Head of Current Affairs in Northern Ireland. Bernard Cornwell is renowned for his long-running series of novels, including the *Sharpe* series about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe, the *Saxon Stories* (also known as *The Last Kingdom* seri
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