The Grail Quest · Book 4
1356
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780061969676
- Type
- novel
About this book
1356 arrived nine years after Heretic, in 2012, jumping forward to a more experienced Thomas of Hookton at 432 pages, the shortest book in the quartet. Set at the Battle of Poitiers, it trades the Grail for a legendary sword as Thomas's final hunt.
Its place in The Grail Quest
1356 is book 4 in the The Grail Quest series. It follows Heretic. See the full The Grail Quest reading order.
The Grail Quest follows Thomas of Hookton, an English archer and disgraced priest's son fighting through the early, brutal decades of the Hundred Years' War, from the chevauchée that ends at Crécy to the siege of Calais and the campaign that culminates at Poitiers. Thomas is drawn — reluctantly, then obsessively — into his dead father's secret: a hunt for the Holy Grail, tangled up with a heretical relic-hunting brotherhood, a vengeful cousin, and the Church's own uneasy relationship with the legend. Cornwell…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061969676