Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell (2006, Hardcover)

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Like New: A book that has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust ...
ISBN
9780060787127
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060787120
ISBN-13
9780060787127
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46873199

Product Key Features

Book Title
Pale Horseman
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Romance / Action & Adventure, War & Military, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
Bernard Cornwell
Book Series
Saxon Tales Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-046290
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Superior entertainment that is both engaging and enlightening....Historical adventures as smart and vigorous as Cornwell's are in short supply., Superior entertainment that is both engaging and enlightening ... Cornwell's battle scenes ... are superb ... smart and vigorous., Filled with bawdy humor, bloodlust, treachery and valor, this stirring tale will leave readers eager for the next volume ., "Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present." -- George R.R. Martin "Superior entertainment that is both engaging and enlightening....Historical adventures as smart and vigorous as Cornwell's are in short supply." -- Washington Post "A big-bellied, bushy-bearded tale of 9th century England. Our hero is Uhtred, a good-hearted lout with a pleasantly sour disposition; he's like a 9th century Han Solo....He endows the book with an unexpectedly complex, thoughtful soul." -- Time "A suavely rendered tale ... [brings] turbulent times to vivid life." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Entertaining" -- Arizona Republic "A crackerjack adventure tale from a master of the craft." -- Booklist "Filled with bawdy humor, bloodlust, treachery and valor, this stirring tale will leave readers eager for the next volume ." -- Publishers Weekly "Great stuff, as always, from the master." -- Kirkus Reviews, A big-bellied, bushy-bearded tale of 9th century England. Our hero is Uhtred, a good-hearted lout with a pleasantly sour disposition; he's like a 9th century Han Solo....He endows the book with an unexpectedly complex, thoughtful soul.
Series Volume Number
No. 2
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
The second installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" ( The Observer , London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom , the hit BBC America television series. This is the exciting--yet little known--story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms. At the end of The Last Kingdom , The Danes had been defeated at Cynuit, but the triumph of the English is not fated to last long. The Danish Vikings quickly invade and occupy three of England's four kingdoms--and all that remains of the once proud country is a small piece of marshland, where Alfred and his family live with a few soldiers and retainers, including Uhtred, the dispossessed English nobleman who was raised by the Danes. Uhtred has always been a Dane at heart, and has always believed that given the chance, he would fight for the men who raised him and taught him the Viking ways. But when Iseult, a powerful sorceress, enters Uhtred's life, he is forced to consider feelings he's never confronted before--and Uhtred discovers, in his moment of greatest peril, a new-found loyalty and love for his native country and ruler., The second installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. This is the exciting--yet little known--story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms. At the end of The Last Kingdom, The Danes had been defeated at Cynuit, but the triumph of the English is not fated to last long. The Danish Vikings quickly invade and occupy three of England's four kingdoms--and all that remains of the once proud country is a small piece of marshland, where Alfred and his family live with a few soldiers and retainers, including Uhtred, the dispossessed English nobleman who was raised by the Danes. Uhtred has always been a Dane at heart, and has always believed that given the chance, he would fight for the men who raised him and taught him the Viking ways. But when Iseult, a powerful sorceress, enters Uhtred's life, he is forced to consider feelings he's never confronted before--and Uhtred discovers, in his moment of greatest peril, a new-found loyalty and love for his native country and ruler., The sequel to the "New York Times" bestseller "The Last Kingdom" continues the exhilarating adventures of Uhtred and King Alfred the Great. Uhtred discovers--in his moment of greatest peril--a newfound loyalty and love for his native country and ruler., Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him. In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in "The Last Kingdom," the "New York Times" bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings want to finish England. They assemble the Great Army, whose one ambition is to conquer Wessex. A dispossessed young nobleman, married to a woman who hails from Wessex, Uhtred has little love for either, though for King Alfred he has none at all. Yet fate, as Uhtred learns, has its own imperatives, and when the Vikings attack out of a wintry darkness to shatter the last English kingdom, Uhtred finds himself at Alfred's side. Bernard Cornwell's "The Pale Horseman," like "The Last Kingdom," is rooted in the real history of Anglo-Saxon England. It tells the astonishing and true story of how Alfred, forced to become a fugitive in a few square miles of swampland, fights his enemies against overwhelming odds. The king is a pious Christian, while Uhtred is a pagan. Alfred is a sickly scholar, while Uhtred is an arrogant warrior. Yet the two forge an uneasy alliance that will lead them out of the marshes to the stark hilltop where the last remaining Saxon army will fight for the very existence of England. Enthralling as both a historical and personal story, "The Pale Horseman" is a novel of divided loyalties and desperate heroism, featuring a cast of fully realized characters, from a king in despair to a beguiling Britishsorceress. And always, beyond the spearmen and the swordsmen are the folk who suffer as the tides of war sweep over their farmlands. From Bernard Cornwell, the "New York Times" bestselling author whom the "Washington Post" calls "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today," "The Pale Horseman" is yet another masterpiece of historical and battle fiction that gives life to one of the most important and exciting epochs in the history of the English people and culture.
LC Classification Number
PR6053.O75P35 2006

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  • by shop-a-lot-24n7
    24 Oct, 2015

    Bernard Cornwell's a genius

    To tell the truth, I bought this book to complete a specific series. A series I haven't read yet. I am still working on another of his incredible historical fiction series (English History). This man is a sure bet. No matter which book of his you decide to read, you really can't miss. It's a bull's eye every time. The first of his books I read hit me like a ton of bricks and it was in the middle of a set. I set out immediately to capture all of his English history stuff. I would suggest that you not read his books while in the library or bookstore because you will be laughing out loud or screaming at the characters. He is that good.

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  • by pdjwhit
    23 Nov, 2020

    Pale Horseman

    This installment of the Uthred of Babbenburg series carries the story along at a fairly good pace. I am enjoying the book.

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  • by judyh4503
    28 Dec, 2018

    Book

    This book was a gift for someone else so I do not know much about it.

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  • by LnJgf2lOTVO@Deleted
    18 May, 2016

    good quality

    good book

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  • by leojon2
    28 Aug, 2018

    Well researched historical series. I'm addicted.

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