The Grail Quest · Book 2
Vagabond
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN-13
- 9780007310319
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 512 pages, Vagabond (2002) is the longest of the four Grail Quest novels, continuing Thomas of Hookton's reluctant hunt for the Holy Grail through the brutal middle years of the Hundred Years' War, tangled up with his dead father's secrets and a heretical relic-hunting brotherhood.
Its place in The Grail Quest
Vagabond is book 2 in the The Grail Quest series. It follows Harlequin (The Archer's Tale). It is followed by 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 9780007310319