Tag: Alfred the Great
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Book review: The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars In “The Pale Horseman,” we follow the continuing adventures of Uhtred, a snarky Saxon-raised-as-a-Dane-who-is-now-a-reluctant-subject-of-King-Alfred. (Emphasis on the “snarky” part.) Alfred has been caught by surprise by the Danes and has fled to the swamps where he plots his comeback. Uhtred is caught between…
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Book review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having only recently launched into Bernard Cornwell books (see my review of “Agincourt”), I decided to tackle the author’s Alfred the Great series. This book was not at all what I expected, and despite this (or maybe because of it), I enjoyed it…