The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest Book 1)

About this book

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell the first book in the Grail Seriesthe spellbinding tale of a young man a fearless archer who sets out wanting to avenge his familys honor and winds up on a quest 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 clearto 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.