The Grail Quest By Thomas Hookton
The Grail Quest is a series of novels featuring the character Thomas Hookton written by popular historical fiction author Bernard Cromwell. The series of novels is set during the Hundred Years War in the 14th Century and is focused on the adventures of Hookton who leaves his home town of Dorset to go find his father’s killer, only to be drawn into the quest for the Holy Grail.
Thomas Hookton was an ordinary citizen who disillusioned with life in Dorset after the murder of his father decides to join Edward III’s army as an archer. The novels series begins immediately after he loses his father, and heads out to join the archer’s division of the English Army in Brittany searching for revenge against his killer.
The first novel in the Grail Quest series, The Archer’s Quest follows the lead character who is witness to the brutal murder of his father by a black clad knight that was part of a French raid on his village. The only survivor of the raid he vows to revenge the death of his father, by tracking down and killing the knight known as Harlequin.
He joins the English Army in Brittany as an archer and heads to France hoping to find the black clad knight in the battlefields of France. What follows is a remarkable narrative as Hookton saves a young woman from being lynched by …show more content…
The story is a sequel to the first novel in the series The Archer’s Tale. Incorporating the Inquisition, this is one of the most exciting novels in the series as Thomas Hookton faces up to one of the most sinister enemy so far. Finding the Holy Grail – Christendom’s most cherished relic is hard enough, but the task is made even harder when he has to confront a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor, who employs torture and other sadistic horrors to turn him from his mission. Featuring some of the bloodiest and most realistic battles you could expect from a historical fiction novel, the novel is vintage Bernard
Thomas Hookton was an ordinary citizen who disillusioned with life in Dorset after the murder of his father decides to join Edward III’s army as an archer. The novels series begins immediately after he loses his father, and heads out to join the archer’s division of the English Army in Brittany searching for revenge against his killer.
The first novel in the Grail Quest series, The Archer’s Quest follows the lead character who is witness to the brutal murder of his father by a black clad knight that was part of a French raid on his village. The only survivor of the raid he vows to revenge the death of his father, by tracking down and killing the knight known as Harlequin.
He joins the English Army in Brittany as an archer and heads to France hoping to find the black clad knight in the battlefields of France. What follows is a remarkable narrative as Hookton saves a young woman from being lynched by …show more content…
The story is a sequel to the first novel in the series The Archer’s Tale. Incorporating the Inquisition, this is one of the most exciting novels in the series as Thomas Hookton faces up to one of the most sinister enemy so far. Finding the Holy Grail – Christendom’s most cherished relic is hard enough, but the task is made even harder when he has to confront a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor, who employs torture and other sadistic horrors to turn him from his mission. Featuring some of the bloodiest and most realistic battles you could expect from a historical fiction novel, the novel is vintage Bernard