Grail Knight: Number 5 in series (Outlaw Chronicles)
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I owe a debt of gratitude to Professor Joseph Goering of the University of Toronto for his marvellous book The Virgin and The Grail, which inspired me to put my Robin Hood and his Holy Grail in the same novel. On my trip to Barcelona last summer to look at some extraordinary twelfth-century images of the Grail, I was looked after very well by Anna Portabella, and lavishly wined and dined by Daniel Fernandez, my Spanish publishers. And I must also thank the kind staff at the Museu Nacional D’Art de Catalunya, who showed me around the reconstructed Pyrenean church of St Clement of Taüll in the basement of their fine museum and other jewels of their collection and patiently answered all my questions. Finally, I would like to thank Philip and Camilla Drinkall, who lent me their iPad charging lead at the auberge in Montségur and allowed me to join them for a wonderful evening, and without whom my research trip would have been far less enjoyable.