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The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond, this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series.In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce.But for Thomas of Hookton, the hero of Harlequin and Vagabond, there is no end to the fighting.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell, Sean Barrett
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- HarperTorch, BCA, Harper Audio Books
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780061214042
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“THE COUNT OF BERAT was old, pious and learned.”
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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