The Grail Quest Trilogy
HARLEQUIN
VAGABOND
HERETIC
Bernard Cornwell
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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.
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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
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HARLEQUIN
BERNARD CORNWELL
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
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.
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