Livro - The Archer's Tale: Book One Of The Grail Quest

Bernard cornwell, consagrado autor britânico, já teve suas obras traduzidas para mais de 16 idiomas

Seus romances alcançaram rapidamente o topo das listas de mais vendidos em vários países

Foram mais de 4 milhoes de exemplares em todo mundo

No brasil, seus livros ultrapassam a marca de 100 mil exemplares

A chave de seu sucesso está na criteriosa pesquisa histórica e na narrativa envolvente com a qual disseca a vida de seus personagens

Cornwell nasceu em londres e foi criado em essex, por pais adotivos

Trabalhou por dez anos na bbc de londres antes de se tornar escritor

Em 1979 mudou-se para os estados unidos, onde vive até hoje

Nao perdeu, porém, o fino humor britânico e a paixao por conflitos militares famosos, que se reflete em sua enorme coleçao de mapas antigos

Esta promoçao imperdível traz 3 clássicos (em inglês) deste grande autor: sao eles: - heretic: book three of the grail quest - vagabond: book ii of the grail quest - the archer's tale: book one of the grail quest heretic: book three of the grail quest already a seasoned veteran of king edward's army, young thomas of hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the longbow

Now, at the head of a small but able band of soldiers, he has been dispatched to capture the castle of astarac

But more than duty to his liege has brought him to gascony, home of his forebears and the hated black knight who brutally slew thomas's father

It is also the last place where the holy grail was reported seen

Here, also, a beautiful and innocent, if not pious, woman is to be burned as a heretic

Saving the lady, genevieve, from her dread fate will brand thomas an infidel, forcing them to flee together across a landscape of blood and fire

And what looms ahead is a battle to the death that could ultimately shape the future of christendom

Vagabond: book ii of the grail quest in 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, thomas of hookton returns to england to pursue the holy grail

Among the flames of the hundred years war, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier: a bloodthirsty dominican inquisitor who also seeks christendom's most holy relic

But neither the horrors of the battlefield nor sadistic torture at the inquisitor's hands can turn thomas from his sworn mission

And his thirst for vengeance will never be quenched while the villainous black rider who destroyed everything he loved still lives

From internationally acclaimed new york times bestselling author bernard cornwell comes the spellbinding second chapter in his grail quest - the majestic epic adventure of duty, war, and destiny that began with the archer's tale

The archer's tale: book one of the grail quest 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. ?trim

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.

Livro - the archer's tale: book one of the grail quest 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.

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.