The Pale Horseman, Bernard Cornwell
The Pale Horseman, Bernard Cornwell
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The Pale Horseman

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Jamie Glover

Abridged: 4 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/31/2006


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.

About Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Jonathan on 2008-04-17 16:56:00

..you will be deeply disappointed in this one. Jamie Glover can't hold a candle to Tom Sellwood, the reader of The Last Kingdom, and this abridged version of The Pale Horseman has been edited with a meat cleaver to the point that all of the interesting characters have been squeezed out of the story and you're left with the bare narrative of a mini-novel. I will not continue with HarperAudio's very poor rendering of these great novels, but will actually have to sit down to read them. I recommend that you listen to Tom Sellwood's unabridged reading of The Last Kingdom and STOP THERE!

Goodreads review by Petrik on January 21, 2021

I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: [URL not allowed] Another great installment about loyalty, power, faith, friendship, and ambition. Putting into consideration that the first season of The Last Kingdom TV shows are adaptations of the first two books in the series, and now......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on February 13, 2016

The Pale Horseman is every bit as good as the first book. This, again, feels like another chapter of a man’s life. Uhtred has grown up a little and is more resolute in his ambitions since we last saw him. He has fought in his first shield wall and has completed the transformation from boy to man: he......more

Goodreads review by Dave on May 21, 2023

"The world began in chaos and it will end in chaos. The gods brought the world into existence, and they will end it when they fight amongst themselves, but in between the chaos of the world's birth and the chaos of the world's death is order, and order is made by oaths, and oaths bind us like the......more

Goodreads review by James on May 27, 2020

The Pale Horseman is the excellent continuation of Uhtred of Bebbanburg's story. Set between 876 - 878 AD, Uhtred is now in his early 20's, having proven himself as a man and a warrior. He's fought in a shield wall, killed Ubba in one on one combat, and has sworn an oath to the Saxon king Alfred. Uh......more

Goodreads review by Markus on October 06, 2015

"For here starts war, carrion birds sing, and grey wolves howl." A fragile peace still holds in the realms of Britain. After the forces of Wessex prevailed at Cynuit, the Danes have pulled back. King Alfred thinks himself safe, but in truth the last kingdom of the Saxons is in grave peril... Writing a......more