The Pale Horseman
by Bernard Cornwell
Taste attributes: warhistoricalactionadventureunsavouryheavylinearemotive & stirringall consuming questdeep rivalryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeStirring and serious: a war novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 400
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- Open Library
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