La quete du graal t.3 ; l'heretique

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling Harlequin, this is the second instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series.

 In Harlequin, Thomas of Hookton travelled to France as an archer and there discovered a shadowy destiny, which linked him to a family of heretical French lords who sought Christendom's greatest relic.

 Having survived the battle of Crécy, Thomas is sent back to England, charged with finding the Holy Grail. But Thomas is an archer and when a chance comes to fight against an army invading northern England he jumps at it. Plunged into the carnage of Neville's Cross, he is oblivious to other enemies who want to destroy him. He discovers too late that he is not the only person pursuing the grail, and that his rivals will do anything to thwart him.

 After hunting and wounding him, Thomas's enemies turn him into a fugitive. Fleeing England, he travels to Normandy, determined to rescue Will Skeat, his old commander from Harlequin. Finally Thomas leads his enemies back to Brittany, where he goes to discover an old love and where his pursuers at last trap their reluctant pilgrim.

 Vagabond is a vivid and realistic portrait of England at a time when the archer was king of Europe's battlefields.

Vagabond

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now*

 The 12th book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.

 An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn't choose.

 England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir.

 A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. For two kings claim the empty throne, and a new kingdom cannot be born without bloodshed.

 Uhtred's sword will leave one king dead and the other victorious. But sometimes it is hard to know the will of the gods.

 'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' LEE CHILD

Sword of Kings

The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.

SWORD SONG - ALFRED SERIES 4

A stand-alone battle book, set this time in the eighteenth-century in the rebellious colony of Massachusetts.

THE FORT

Guerre d'Espagne, Talavera de la Reina, Juillet 1809. Placé sous les ordres du colonel Simmerson, un officier britannique aussi incompétent qu'ambitieux, le lieutenant Richard Sharpe doit recourir à l'insubordination pour sauver son régiment d'une attaque meurtrière des Français. Son intervention décisive n'empêche pourtant pas la victoire de leurs chasseurs à cheval, qui parviennent à capturer l'un des deux drapeaux du régiment britannique. Accusé par le colonel Simmerson d'avoir provoqué cette disgrâce, Richard Sharpe ne voit qu'un seul moyen de restaurer son honneur tout en continuant à servir au mieux les intérêts de sir Arthur Wellesley, commandant en chef de l'armée britannique en Espagne : capturer une " aigle " de l'armée française lors de la prochaine offensive alliée sur Madrid et s'illustrer ainsi par un acte de bravoure extraordinaire.

L'aigle de Sharpe - Richard Sharpe et la campagne de Talavera, juillet 1809

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 Welcome to The Last Kingdom

 Discover the first book in the epic, bestselling series that has gripped millions.

 A hero will be forged from this broken land.

 In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphan boy has come of age. Raised by the Vikings, deadly enemies of his own Saxon people, Uhtred is a fierce and skilled warrior who kneels to no-one.

 Alfred - Saxon, king, man of god - fights to hold the throne of the only land still resisting the pagan northerners.

 Uhtred and Alfred's fates are tangled, soaked in blood and blackened by the flames of war. Together they will change history.

The Last Kingdom

The Alfred Series ; Tome 4: Sword Song

La saga épique à l'origine de la série Netflix The Last KingdomAlors que s'achève le IXe siècle, Alfred le Grand agonise, son rêve d'unifier l'Anglie est menacé et son royaume au bord du chaos. Bien que son fils Edward ait été désigné comme son successeur, d'autres Saxons prétendent au trône, tout comme d'ambitieux Vikings païens dans le Nord.Déchiré entre son serment à Alfred et son désir de reprendre les terres ancestrales du Nord qu'il a perdues dans son enfance, Uhtred, né Saxon et élevé en Viking, demeure le guerrier du roi, mais il n'a pas prêté allégeance au prince héritier. Il doit désormais faire un choix capital qui changera pour toujours sa vie et le cours de l'Histoire : prendre les armes - et le manteau d'Alfred - ou poser son épée et laisser le rêve d'unification du royaume mourir avec son suzerain.Une fresque flamboyante mêlant bravoure, trahison, sens du devoir et combats au coeur de l'une des périodes les plus fascinantes de l'Histoire.
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