The Grail Quest Books 1-3: Harlequin, Vagabond, Heretic

The Grail Quest Trilogy

HARLEQUIN

VAGABOND

HERETIC

Bernard Cornwell

Copyright

These novels are entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

Harlequin first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

Vagabond first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2002

Heretic first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2004

Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2000, 2002, 2004

Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

EBook Edition © June 2013 ISBN: 9780007531509

Version: 2017-05-08

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Harlequin

Vagabond

Heretic

About the Author

Also by Bernard Cornwell

About the Publisher

Harlequin

HARLEQUIN

BERNARD CORNWELL

Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2000

Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Source ISBN: 9780007310302

EBook Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007338788

Version: 2017-05-08

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books

HARLEQUIN

is for Richard and Julie Rutherford-Moore

‘… many deadly battles have been fought, people slaughtered, churches robbed, souls destroyed, young women and virgins deflowered, respectable wives and widows dishonoured; towns, manors and buildings burned, and robberies, cruelties and ambushes committed on the highways. Justice has failed because of these things. The Christian faith has withered and commerce has perished and so many other wickednesses and horrid things have followed from these wars that they cannot be spoken, numbered or written down.’

JEAN II, KING OF FRANCE, 1360

Harlequin, probably derived from the old French

hellequin: a troop of the devil’s horsemen.

CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Map

Prologue

Part One: BRITTANY

It was winter …

Thomas crouched beside …

Thomas was woken …

There was a …

Quatre Vents had …

The city’s cockerels …

Part Two: NORMANDY

The Earl of …

Perhaps Thomas was …

Next morning Sir …

Eleanor had been …

Part Three: CRÉCY

The whole English …

The English waited …

If a plum …

Historical Note

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