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1) Skin Game
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 15
Language
English
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Description
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day. Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, its something awful. He doesnt know the half of it . . . Mab has just traded Harrys skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains-led by one of Harrys most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus...
Author
Series
Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 1
Language
English
Description
The first volume in this new series begins a medieval quest for the Holy Grail. When his English village is attacked by French marauders led by a vicious knight, young Thomas vows revenge and to retrieve a holy treasure taken from the church. Traveling to France, Thomas joins the army of King Edward III at the beginning of the Hundred Years War, becoming an preternaturally gifted--and deadly--archer.
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Language
English
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Description
Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? - Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? - Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? - Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom? - Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Explores the major accounts of the quest for the Holy Grail--the cup Jesus Christ used at the last supper--which began with the writing of a poem in the twentieth century by Chretien de Troyes and discusses how the religious climate at the time contributed to the pursuit of what may well be a mythical vessel.
5) Heretic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale and Vagabond—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the
...Publisher
New Page Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Much has been written about the group of 14th-century warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. Some authors, such as Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code, portray them as folk heroes wrongly accused. Others disagree, saying the Templar story is ultimately one of greed, deception, and idolatry.
Just who were the Knights Templar? And what is their legacy? In The Templar Papers, author and historian Oddvar Olsen has assembled a veritable Who's Who of experts...
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Language
English
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Description
While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens - a mortar strikes the prison and he is free!
Author
Series
Empire of the vampire volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs' sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy...
Author
Series
Nuala Anne McGrail volume 5
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail, beginning with Chretien de Troyes, who in the twelfth century first imagined the famous scene in which a mysterious golden vessel adorned with jewels was paraded before the eyes of an untested youth. The author died before he could complete his tale, and the unsolved mystery of the Grail has haunted us ever since. By a long series of imaginative transformations, the grail has moved...
15) Inquisition
Author
Series
Jack Howard novels volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
16) Grail
Author
Series
Pendragon cycle volume 5
Language
English
Description
When plague comes to Britain, King Arthur, awed by the healing power of the Grail, is determined to build a shrine for the holy cup, but one of Arthur's most trusted men kidnaps Arthur's queen and steals the Grail, revealing the diabolical plot of the evil Morgian, Queen of Air and Darkness.
Author
Series
The youngest Templar volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Young Squire Tristan, Robard, Maryam and Angel make one last desperate push to deliver the Holy Grail to safety in 1191 Scotland, but the way is full of danger as new enemies are met and Sir Hugh attempts to thwart them at every turn.
18) Templar code
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Medieval experts and code breakers examine the coded geometric images carved into the walls of the Knight's Templar's prison in France as they explore the identities of these mysterious men.
Publisher
[Reproduced by] Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2006 2003
Language
English
Description
Does the Holy Grail really exist ? Could it have survived for so long ? There are five chalices spread across the globe which claim to be the one, true Grail, but are they ? Documentarian Bruce Burgess follows the clues of this story, one of the history's great mysteries.
20) The DaVinci Code
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English