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The pale horseman series
The pale horseman series











the pale horseman series the pale horseman series the pale horseman series

“A suavely rendered tale … turbulent times to vivid life.” - Philadelphia Inquirer 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 big-bellied, bushy-bearded tale of 9th century England. “Superior entertainment that is both engaging and enlightening.Historical adventures as smart and vigorous as Cornwell’s are in short supply.” - Washington Post 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.“Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present.” - George R.R. 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. 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. 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.Īt 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 second installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times 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 television series. This Description may be from another edition of this product.













The pale horseman series