Three Great English Victories: A 3-book Collection of Harlequin, 1356 and Azincourt
Bernard Cornwell
On the eve of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Azincourt comes three classic battle books of The Hundred Years War by the bestselling master of historical fiction, Bernard Cornwell, in one three-book collection for the first time.HARLEQUIN1342. The English, led by Edward III, are laying waste to the French countryside. The archers, the common men, are England’s secret weapon. The French know them as Harlequins. Thomas Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal mission: to avenge his father’s death and retrieve a stolen relic. Thomas begins a quest that will lead him to finally where the two armies face each other at Crecy.1356The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought. Across France, towns stand alert to danger. The English army is invading again and the French are hunting them down. Thomas of Hookton, an English archer, is under orders to seek out a lost sword, said to grant certain victory. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas, his men and his sworn enemies will meet in one great and bloody battle.AZINCOURTAzincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the best known battles of all time. This is the breathtaking story of this momentous battle and its aftermath. From the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers, and horsemen, Azincourt skilfully brings to life the hours of relentless fighting, the desperation of an army crippled by disease and the exceptional bravery of the English soldiers.
THREE GREAT ENGLISH VICTORIES
Harlequin
1356
Azincourt
Bernard Cornwell
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Harlequin first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000
1356 first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2012
Azincourt first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2008
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Copyright (#u59a90982-dce3-5542-b0f0-146280333416)
Harlequin (#u940bf346-e952-5140-aedf-98ba122924c1)
1356 (#u96eb4546-11cb-59c1-b457-71484a7e3791)
Azincourt (#u6611a7fa-6061-5c99-8741-d210990797bf)
About the Author (#u70d6219d-25be-58b0-b578-ac5db117a3e5)
Also by Bernard Cornwell (#uc5ff9c9a-160f-52b4-a4ad-45080e3f1555)
The Sharpe Series (in chronological order) (#u3132643f-1bc0-5f61-bf68-e31d02a6826a)
About the Publisher (#ua0374a35-8536-50ee-bf0c-090202986c9f)
HARLEQUIN
BERNARD CORNWELL
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000
Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2000
Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
EPub Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007338788
Version: 2017-05-08
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Harlequin
is for Richard and Julie Rutherford-Moore
‘… many deadly battles have been fought, people slaughtered, churches robbed, souls destroyed, young women and virgins deflowered, respectable wives and widows dishonoured; towns, manors and buildings burned, and robberies, cruelties and ambushes committed on the highways. Justice has failed because of these things. The Christian faith has withered and commerce has perished and so many other wickednesses and horrid things have followed from these wars that they cannot be spoken, numbered or written down.’
JEAN II, KING OF FRANCE, 1360
Harlequin, probably derived from the old French
hellequin: a troop of the devil’s horsemen.
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Historical Note (#uf514ffc7-2e53-521d-8f7b-e73672d0797f)
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