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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221255186
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 416
Size : 140 x 225 mm
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The Knight's Testament

Release date : 28/03/2024
XVIIth century: a returning crusader confesses on his deathbed
to a young troubadour by the name of Chrétien de Troyes
– soon, the young artist will produce one of the greatest medieval
epos: Perceval.
Normandy, present day. A custodian from Domfront-en-
Poiraie consults with the nun Judith Guillemarche, a specialist
in medieval manuscripts, in his analysis...
XVIIth century: a returning crusader confesses on his deathbed
to a young troubadour by the name of Chrétien de Troyes
– soon, the young artist will produce one of the greatest medieval
epos: Perceval.
Normandy, present day. A custodian from Domfront-en-
Poiraie consults with the nun Judith Guillemarche, a specialist
in medieval manuscripts, in his analysis of a set of parchments
recently discovered at the church of Notre-Dame-sur-L’Eau.
Not only does he think this parchment to be the missing pages
of Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval, his unfinished masterpiece,
but he believes these pages to hold the keys to the real location
of the Holy Grail!
The Grail in Domfront? After her initial bewilderment, the nun
agrees to join forces with the curator – until he is
assassinated…
A mysterious collector seems very interested by the nearby
archeological excavations and a group of strange individuals
going by the enigmatic name of “The Testaments” starts lurking
around the excavation site…
Is the Grail mere fiction or indeed a reality? Between the
Middle Ages and our present time, a net of intrigue unfolds to
lure and captivate the reader…
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EAN : 9782221255186
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 416
Size : 140 x 225 mm
Robert Laffont