Book Review for

Vagabond
by Bernard Cornwell

Book 2 of The Grail Quest series.
Thomas of Hookton, hero of The Archer's Tale, helps the English repel an invasion
by the Scots, then acquires an unlikely ally in Robbie Douglas who is in pursuit
of the tortuous Dominican Inquisitor who killed his brother. Thomas has found
a mysterious notebook left by his father which allegedly gives clues as to the
whereabouts of the Holy Grail, the cup which Christ used the night before He died.
Thomas and Robbie find refuge in Brittany with Jeanette, where they are thrust into
the Battle of La Roche-Derrien, and they find themselves face-to-face with their
bitter enemies Charles of Blois, Guy de Vexille (who murdered Thomas' father),
and the Dominican Bernard de Taillebourg.
A splendid read.

 
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