Vagabond
Bernard Cornwell

ISBN:0002259664

Harper Collins: London 2002. Hardback. First Edition. First Impression. Mint. As New. Unread copy. Tight and clean. Not inscribed or price-clipped.

Unmarked, unread, new, full number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. A new unread copy for the collector.

Grail Quest title, following Harlequin.

VAGABOND is the eagerly awaited second book in the GRAIL QUEST SERIES. Thomas of Hookton, having survived the battle of Chécy is sent by the king on a mission to discover more about his father's strange inheritance, which seems connected to the Holy Grail. This, Christendom's greatest relic, was thought to guarantee victory to whoever held it. But caught up in a battle against an army invading the north of England, Thomas finds that he is not the only person pursuing the Grail and that his rival will stop at nothing to defeat him. Thomas returns to his birthplace in the hope that he may find among the ruins of his old home and his father's church, some indication of his father's secrets and his family's destiny. There, he discovers more about his father, but puts himself into even, greater danger as the only holder of rare knowledge. Returning to France, Thomas finds old comrades and rediscovers a lost love. Then, in terrible circumstances he at last comes face to face with his enemy and cousin, the elusive Guy Vexille, Count of Astarac. Archers and mercenaries, kings and monks, cardinals, noblemen of every hue and one lady, bring the whole fourteenth century world brilliantly alive, amidst countries at war and a family in search of its lost inheritance.