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Harlequin (known as The Archer's Tale in the United States) is a 2001 historical fiction novel by [[Creator/BernardCornwell Bernard Cornwell,]] and is the first in [[Literature/TheGrailQuest The Grail Quest]] series of novels. Set during the early years of [[UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar The Hundred Years War,]] it follows Thomas of Hookton, a young English longbowman as he participates in the War of Breton Succession.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: William Bohun, the Earl of Northampton, was a real person, though actually called William de Bohun
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: William Bohun, the Earl of Northampton, was a real person, though actually called William de BohunBohun. Edward, the Black Prince also plays an important role.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Inverted. When Thomas meets Sir Guillaume and states he's from the town Guillaume had burned, he expects this reaction, but Guillaume instantly remembers it.
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* AmoralAttorney: Belas is thoroughly self-serving, and is heavily implied to be a pedophile.
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: Skeat and his men, including Thomas Hookton, spend the Christmas season of 1345 burning and pillaging the countryside of northern Brittany.
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* BadassPreacher: Father Hobbe is a priest who will happily kill Frenchmen when he isn't tending to the souls of Englishmen.
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* AnnoyingArrows: Averted, harshly and often graphically.
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Harlequin (known as The Archer's Tale in the United States) is a 2001 historical fiction novel by [[Creator/BernardCornwell Bernard Cornwell,]] and is the first in [[Literature/TheGrailQuest The Grail Quest]] series of novels. Set during the early years of [[UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar The Hundred Years War,]] it follows Thomas of Hookton, a young English longbowman as he participates in the War of Breton Succession.
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!!This book provides examples of:
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Sir Simon Jekyll is deeply in debt and his armor has rusted because he can't afford to maintain it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Sir Giles Marriott allows Thomas to join the fight in France with only a nominal protest.
** Will Skeat, a commander with thirty years of experience, is willing to listen to suggestions from subordinates.
* TimeSkip: After opening with a raid on Thomas's hometown of Hookton, England, in 1342, the narrative jumps forward three years to the campaign in Brittany.
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!!This book provides examples of:
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Sir Simon Jekyll is deeply in debt and his armor has rusted because he can't afford to maintain it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Sir Giles Marriott allows Thomas to join the fight in France with only a nominal protest.
** Will Skeat, a commander with thirty years of experience, is willing to listen to suggestions from subordinates.
* TimeSkip: After opening with a raid on Thomas's hometown of Hookton, England, in 1342, the narrative jumps forward three years to the campaign in Brittany.
