![]() ![]() This is the premise of book two of The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell, “The Pale Horseman.”Ĭornwell begins this book where we left off in “The Last Kingdom” after the battle of Cynuit and the death of Ubba by Uhtred. When Alfred and his family become fugitives, he must rely on Uhtred to help restore him and his family to ensure Wessex does not fall. A man like Uhtred of Bebbanburg is a skilled warrior even though he doesn’t always see eye to eye with Alfred on matters of faith. ![]() Yet this king is more of a saint than a warrior, so Alfred desperately needs a man who knows how to fight. The kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia have already fallen all that stands in the way of complete Danish domination is Wessex and its king Alfred. England is in danger of falling to its Danish invaders. ![]()
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