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Bezig met laden... The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Chronicles Series #2) (origineel 2005; editie 2006)door Bernard Cornwell
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. En un tiempo y un mundo dominado por el fuego, la espada y la traición, el joven Uhtred se enfrenta a un dilema: luchar al lado de los vikingos daneses entre los que se ha educado o hacerlo al lado del rey Alfredo el Grande de Wessex, por quien no siente simplatía alguna, debido a su forma de imponer el cristianismo entre s us seguidores. Habrá que esperar a ver de dónde sopla el viento para conseguir estar al lado del vencedor en la terrible lucha que, a finales ya del siglo IX, está a punto de sacudir lo que queda del último reino inglés.Entrelazando las historias personales del guerrero pagano Uhtred y el rey cristiano Alfredo con los acontecimientos históricos, Bernard Cornwell relata con brillantez los embates de los vikingos destinados a acabar de una vez por todas con el reino anglo-sajón. “The Pale Horseman”, book two in Bernard Cornwell’s “Saxon Stories”, picks up right where we left Uthred in “The Last Kingdom”. The Danes overrun Wessex and King Alfred has to hide in a swamp. And that’s my one small gripe about this book: We get to know that swamp pretty damn well. Large parts of “Horseman” take place in the swamp and it’s a bleak place. Apart from that there’s everything the first book had: Action, battles, betrayal, politics! It adds new and exciting characters (Iseult!), places, intrigues and much more. At its core, “Horseman” is, fortunately, more of the same as “The Last Kingdom” and if you liked that one, it’s highly likely you’ll enjoy this one, too. Now, you’ll have to excuse me again because right after the last page of this book, I started reading its successor and had a hard time making room for writing this! Four out of five stars! Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | Medium | Matrix | Tumblr Ceterum censeo Putin esse delendam geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Is opgenomen inThe Saxon Tales Collection: Books #1-4: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song door Bernard Cornwell The Saxon Tales Series Books 1 - 6 Collection Set By Bernard Cornwell (Last Kingdom, Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land & Death of Kings) door Bernard Cornwell Heeft de bewerkingOnderscheidingen
Groot-Brittannië, negende eeuw. De Vikingen azen op Wessex, het enige gedeelte van Engeland dat nog niet veroverd is. De Engelse Uhtred is opgevoed door Deense indringers en twijfelt waar zijn loyaliteit ligt. Zijn afkomst en huwelijk dwingen hem echter om partij te kiezen voor de Engelse koning Alfred. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There weren't as many battles in this book as in the first, and that worked well since for the majority of this book Alfred and the Saxons are pretty much hiding and trying to build up their ranks.
Uhtred grows more as a character. He's only 21 in this book, but he's seen some shit and is already growing tired and becoming more mature and seasoned.
I love the historical note in the back where Cornwell goes over who were real and what things really did happen, as well as what characters and events were either made up by him or were based on folklore. ( )