Harlequin. Bernard Cornwell

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       Copyright

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      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 are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      EPub Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007338788

      Version: 2018-04-20

      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.

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Prologue

       Part One BRITTANY

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Part Two NORMANDY

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Part Three CRÉCY

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Historical Note

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       Also by Bernard Cornwell

       About the Publisher

       Prologue

      The treasure of Hookton was stolen on Easter morning 1342.

      It was a holy thing, a relic that hung from the church rafters, and it was extraordinary that so precious an object should have been kept in such СКАЧАТЬ