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THE PALE HORSEMAN. [2nd novel of The Saxon Stories series.]
by CORNWELL**, BERNARD:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE+./FINE+.
- ISBN 10
- 0007149921
- ISBN 13
- 9780007149926
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About This Item
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt colour wrap- around photographic illustrated dw/dj with silver gilt+b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean dark/navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,black+silver headband,and immaculate pale blue illustrated endpap[ers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-351pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 13 chapters,historical note; plus [unpaginated],half-title - recto has b/w map,3pp place names,title page,a dedication,poem extract,contents list/table,Parts separator pages,double-page aerial scenic b/w illustration (Scene of Battle of Ethandun,878) between pp285/8,and 2pp publisher's advert to rear.Sequel to 'The Last Kingdom'.See also rja465213 for related story/novel 'Death of Kings'.
Uhtred,Northumbrian born,raised a Viking and now married to a Saxon,is already a formidable figure and warrior.But at twenty he is still arrogant,pagan and headstrong,so not a comfortable ally for the thoughtful,pious Alfred.But these two,with Alfred's family and a few of Uhtred's companions,are apparently all that remains truce.It is the lowest time for the Saxons.
Defeated comprehensively by the Vikings who now occupy most of England,Alfred and his surviving followers seek refuge in Athelney,a tidal swamp to which Alfred's kingdom has shrunk. There,using the marsh mists for cover,they travel in small boats
from one island to another,hoping to regroup and find more strength and support.
Uhtred is still attracted to rejoining his Danish foster brother and the victorious Vikings.But he finds a growing respect for the stubborn leadership of Alfred,to whom Uhtred's support is essential if the Saxon strength is to be rebuilt and battle joined with the enemy.
'The Pale Horsemen' is a splendid story of divided loyalties and desperate heroism,with a wonderful range of characters from Vikings to British kings in their Cornish fortresses from political
but passionate priests to enduring fishermen and farmers striving to survive as the battle sweeps over them.Uhtred and Alfred,Vikings and Saxons,are a winning combination for Bernard Cornwell.
Want more Bernard CORNWELL titles? For similar and other titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues.
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Synopsis
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 British sorceress. 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.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja480514
- Title
- THE PALE HORSEMAN. [2nd novel of The Saxon Stories series.]
- Author
- CORNWELL**, BERNARD:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE+.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE+.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007149921
- ISBN 13
- 9780007149926
- Publisher
- LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2005.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2005
- Keywords
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- Bookseller catalogs
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