The Pale Horseman

Name: The Pale Horseman
Author: Bernard Cornwell

by Bernard Cornwell

Saxon warrior continues his struggle to unify England against Viking invaders

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Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is the most popular writer of historical military fiction working today, best known for his Sharpe's Rifles series about a Napoleonic Wars soldier. His research is impeccable and his battle sequences are among the most viscerally exciting in the genre. He has also written the Saxon Stories about Alfred the Great and the Grail Quest series.

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