The Heretic (Vol.3 The Quest for the Grail)

Name: The Heretic (Vol.3 The Quest for the Grail)
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SKU: 9788501068675
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Autor: Bernard Cornwell

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Sinopse

The third volume of the Grail Quest trilogy.

In The Heretic , the third novel in the Grail Quest trilogy—which began with The Archer —Bernard Cornwell tells a saga as gripping as the adventures of Arthur and his knights narrated in The Arthurian Chronicles series, which has won over thousands of fans worldwide. The book features the elements that made Cornwell famous: history and adventure in perfect proportions. A fable of war and heroism that enchants from beginning to end.

But The Heretic isn't just about well-written battle scenes and action-packed, suspenseful twists. The film offers a different approach to the Hundred Years' War and highlights the importance of events beyond the famous battles of Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Political changes, the rise of the bourgeois class, and the devastation of the Black Death are just as important as the hero's skill or the Black Prince's achievements. All of this is told from the perspective of English archer Thomas Hookton.

After participating in the siege of Calais, young Thomas gathers a group of men and travels into the French countryside. He intends to seize a fortification in Gascony, near his ancestors' Astarac, and thus attract the attention of his cousin Guy Vexille, his father's murderer who, like Thomas, is also on the trail of the Holy Grail.
During his journey, he leaves a trail of plundered villages and, in one of them, saves a young woman accused of witchcraft from the stake. This woman causes Thomas to lose control of some of his warriors, threatening the success of his life's most important mission: finding the greatest relic in all of Christendom.
Among archers, mercenaries, kings, monks, warriors, cardinals, inquisitors, nobles and beautiful women, Thomas takes readers to the conclusion of an unforgettable adventure through the 14th century.

A captivating book about one of the most turbulent periods in English history, Cornwell cements with The Heretic the reputation he earned with his retelling of the adventures of Arthur and his knights.

ISBN	978-850-106-867-5
Tradutor	Luiz Carlos do Nascimento Silva
Altura	230 mm
Largura	160 mm
Profundidade	21 mm
Lançamento	19/08/2004
Páginas	392
Volume	3

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Sobre o autor

Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell é um dos maiores autores britânicos da atualidade. Um ficcionista histórico apaixonado por narrativas militares e criador de personagens memoráveis. Sua narrativa se destaca por imergir os leitores no dia a dia de tempos passados. Os detalhes históricos são impecáveis e as tramas prendem a atenção por horas a fio.

Cornwell nasceu em Londres e foi criado em Essex, por pais adotivos. Trabalhou por dez anos na BBC antes de se tornar escritor. Em 1979, mudou-se para os Estados Unidos, onde vive até hoje. Não perdeu, porém, o fino humor britânico e o interesse por conflitos mundiais famosos, que se reflete em sua enorme coleção de mapas antigos.