Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 25,88 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Chalices
ISBN : 9780500810279
Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrated, large-format paperback books.
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 1093 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0007531508
Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Grail Quest Trilogy in one complete eBook for the first time. Follow the famed archer Thomas of Hookton as he avenges his father’s death and retrieves a stolen relic.
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0007338783
It was the time when the English came across the Channel to take the battle to the French.
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0007338805
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond, this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series.
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061796794
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 survivor: 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 quest: the search for the Holy Grail.
Author : Laura Anne Gilman
Publisher : HarperCollins Audio
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 2006-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780060772833
The quest for the Holy Grail is postponed again when Ailis is kidnapped by Morgain the sorceress, and her friends, Newt and Gerard, must leave the court of King Arthur seeking to rescue her, accompanied by a grumbling knight.
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061801798
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—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. In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among the flames of the Hundred Years War, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier: a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor who also seeks Christendom's most holy relic. But neither the horrors of the battlefield nor sadistic torture at the Inquisitor's hands can turn Thomas from his sworn mission. And his thirst for vengeance will never be quenched while the villainous black rider who destroyed everything he loved still lives. "Cornwell writes the best battle scenes of any writer I've read past or present."—George R.R. Martin
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062198971
Bernard Cornwell, the "master of martial fiction" (Booklist), brings Thomas of Hookton from the popular Grail Quest series into a new adventure in 1356, a thrilling stand-alone novel. On September 19, 1356, a heavily outnumbered English army faced off against the French in the historic Battle of Poitiers. In 1356, Cornwell resurrects this dramatic and bloody struggle—one that would turn out to be the most decisive and improbable victory of the Hundred Years’ War, a clash where the underdog English not only the captured the strategic site of Poitiers, but the French King John II as well. In the vein of Cornwell’s bestselling Agincourt, 1356 is an action-packed story of danger and conquest, rich with military strategy and remarkable characters—both villainous and heroic—transporting readers to the front lines of war while painting a vivid picture of courage, treachery, and combat.
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 1969-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780140442205
Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Veronica Ortenberg
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781852853839
This book surveys the influence of the middle ages, and of medieval attitudes and values, on later periods and on the modern world. Many artistic, political and literary movements have drawn inspiration and sought their roots in the thousand years between 500 and 1500 AD. Medieval Christianity, and its rich legacy, has been the essential background to European culture as a whole.Gothic architecture and chivalry were two keys to Romanticism, while nationalists, including the Nazis, looked back to the middle ages to find emerging signs of national character. In literature few myths have been as durable or popular as those of King Arthur, stretching from the Dark Ages to Hollywood. In Search of the Holy Grail is a vivid account of how later ages learnt about and interpreted the middle ages.
