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Country United Kingdom Series The Grail Quest series Publication date 6 October 2003 Preceded by Vagabond Genre Historical drama | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Publisher HarperCollins Originally published 6 October 2003 Followed by 1356 ISBN 978-0007149889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, and e-book Similar Bernard Cornwell books, The Grail Quest books, Historical novel books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heretic is the third novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years War, the novel follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which may grant decisive victory to the possessor.
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Heretic begins with a bloody battle outside Calais in 1347, a short time before the city fell to the English. The sympathetic Thomas of Hookton is bending every sinew at the service of his master, the Earl of Northampton; after risking his life time and again, Thomas finds himself commissioned to track down the most sacred relic in Christendom, the Holy Grail. He travels to Gascony, seat of power of his nemesis, Guy Vexille. Utilising his archers, Thomas conducts a fierce guerrilla war against Vexille, and yearns for a face-to-face encounter. But then Thomas is routed and finds his campaign in shreds, facing the twin enemies of the church and the plague.