num_pages: 430
description: From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Series—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's 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 a young archer named Thomas. On this terrible dawn, his purpose becomes clear—to 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 the search for the Holy Grail.
language: English
title: The Archer's Tale
titlecomplete: The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
characters: Edward the Black Prince, Edward III of England, Thomas of Hookton
genres: Adventure, British Literature, Historical, Fantasy, 14th Century, War, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 30254
series: Grail Quest
publisher: HarperTorch