| 词条 | Heretic (novel) |
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| name = Heretic | title_orig = | translator = | image = Heretic cover.jpg | caption = UK paperback cover | author = Bernard Cornwell | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = The Grail Quest series | genre = Historical novel | publisher = HarperCollins | pub_date = 6 October 2003 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, and e-book | pages = 336 pp ( first edition hardback) | isbn = 978-0007149889 | isbn_note = (first edition, hardback) | oclc= | preceded_by = Vagabond | followed_by = 1356 }}Heretic is the third novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years War, the novel follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which may grant decisive victory to the possessor.[1][2] Plot summaryHeretic begins with a bloody battle outside Calais in 1347, a short time before the city fell to the English. The sympathetic Thomas of Hookton is bending every sinew at the service of his master, the Earl of Northampton; after risking his life time and again, Thomas finds himself commissioned to track down the most sacred relic in Christendom, the Holy Grail. He travels to Gascony, seat of power of his nemesis, Guy Vexille. With his cunning, Thomas is able to take control of a fictional fortress town and there meets Genevieve, a local woman about to be burned at the stake for witchcraft. Thomas saves her, however the action costs him dearly for he is later excommunicated. As he realises he is losing respect and approval amongst his men, Thomas is forced to abandon the fastness and begins journeying through Gascony with Genevieve. Rejoining with his band of archers later in the plot, Thomas conducts a fierce guerrilla war against Vexille, and yearns for a face-to-face encounter. But then Thomas is routed and finds his campaign in shreds, facing the twin enemies of the church and the plague.[3]Characters
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Heretic (Grail Quest #3)|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/261083.Heretic|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=12 December 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Heretic|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780060748289|publisher=harpercollins.com|accessdate=12 December 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Heretic (Extract)|url=http://www.bernardcornwell.net/heretic-extract/|publisher=bernardcornwell.net|accessdate=12 December 2013}} 4 : Thomas of Hookton novels|2003 British novels|1340s in fiction|Novels set in the 14th century |
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