The pale horseman / Bernard Cornwell.
By: Cornwell, Bernard.
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BookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xv, 349 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0060787120 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899 -- Fiction | Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- Fiction | Vikings -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: 823/.914 Summary: After the Danish Vikings invade and occupy three of England's four kingdoms, 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, a dispossessed English nobleman, raised by the Danes. Although a Dane at heart, when Iseult, a powerful sorceress, enters Uhtred's life, he's forced to consider feelings he's never confronted before and discovers a new-found loyalty and love for his native country and ruler.
Sequel to: The last kingdom.
After the Danish Vikings invade and occupy three of England's four kingdoms, 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, a dispossessed English nobleman, raised by the Danes. Although a Dane at heart, when Iseult, a powerful sorceress, enters Uhtred's life, he's forced to consider feelings he's never confronted before and discovers a new-found loyalty and love for his native country and ruler.
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