The Pale Horseman (Audiobook)
2006 | 14 hours and 34 mins | ISBN: 079273887X | MP3 56 kbps | 366 Mb
Continuing the unsettled success of The Last Kingdom, this is the advance installment of Bernard Cornwell's odd series, following the fate of Alfred the Great, and the forging of Britain. Uhtred, Northumbrian born, raised a Viking and after this married to a Saxon, is already a formidable figure and warrior. But at twenty he is hush arrogant, pagan and headstrong, so not a pleasant ally for the thoughtful, pious Alfred. But these pair, with Alfred's family and a scarcely any of Uhtred's companions, are evidently all that remains of the Wessex supremacy after a disastrous truce. It is the lowest time notwithstanding the Saxons. Defeated comprehensively by the Vikings who now occupy most of England, Alfred and his surviving followers fall back to the trackless marshlands of Somerset. There, unnatural to move restlessly to escape betrayal or detection, using the marsh mists for invest, they travel by small boats from any island to another, hoping that they can regroup and find some more impetuosity and support. They seek refuge in Athelney, a tidal swamp to which Alfred's kingdom has shrunk. Uhtred finds himself torn between his Danish nurse brother and the winning Vikings, and his increasing respect for the stubborn leadership of Alfred. He be required to decide whether to rebuild the Saxons' clearness from his watery base and support them to take on the Vikings one time more. THE PALE HORSEMAN is a effulgent story of divided loyalties and desperate heroism, with a wonderful range of characters from Vikings to British kings in their Cornish fortresses, from civic but passionate priests to enduring fishermen and farmers desperately striving to continue to live as the battle sweeps over them. Uhtred and Alfred, Vikings and Saxons, are a alluring combination for Bernard Cornwell....
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