However, his glory has been stolen by the coward Odda the Younger, who claimed the victory at Cynuit as his own, and the slaying of the mighty warlord Ubba as his work. He is a proven warrior and, importantly, he now has a growing reputation. Uhtred has matured and is resolute in his ambitions. I had not read the first book in the series, The Last Kingdom, but that did not spoil my enjoyment of this book because the story is so well told. It is the exciting 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. It is set in 9th Century Wessex and Cornwall.
However, The Pale Horseman is the second historical novel in the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2005. The title comes from The Bible: The Book of Revelations 6:8 – I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. My husband has had it sitting in his book shelves for as long as I can remember so, at last, I have taken the chance to read it. Bernard Cornwell’s book, The Pale Horseman, is one of those books I always felt I should have read.
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