The Pale Horseman
- Published
- 3 October 2005
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780008139483
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Pale Horseman (2005, 400 pages) is the second novel in The Last Kingdom, following straight on from the opening book as Alfred the Great -- pious, sickly, the only English king with the will to hold the Danes back -- fights to keep his kingdom alive. Uhtred, torn between his Danish upbringing and his Saxon birthright, remains the series' oath-bound, reluctant narrator.
Key facts about The Pale Horseman
The Pale Horseman is a novel by Bernard Cornwell. Readers have had it since 3 October 2005. It runs to 400 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Pale Horseman. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780008139483 to find the main one.
The Pale Horseman is book 2 of 14 in The Last Kingdom series. The series has 14 published books. However, the series starts with The Last Kingdom (2004). Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 25 May 2023.
Additionally, Bernard Cornwell writes Sharpe, The Crowning Mercy Trilogy and The Sailing Thrillers, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our historical fiction, thriller and historical fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Sharpe's Storm is the latest published Bernard Cornwell book on file, from 21 October 2025.
About Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is a British author of historical adventure fiction, best known for immersing readers in the physical detail and moral complexity of pre-modern warfare. His breakout Sharpe series follows Richard Sharpe, a low-born British soldier rising through the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars, and became a household name in Britain thanks to the long-running ITV adaptation starring Sean Bean. See every Bernard Cornwell book in order.
Its place in The Last Kingdom
The Pale Horseman is book 2 in the The Last Kingdom series. It follows The Last Kingdom. It is followed by The Lords of the North. See the full The Last Kingdom reading order.
The Last Kingdom (published in the UK as The Saxon Stories, then The Warrior Chronicles) is Bernard Cornwell's account of the making of England, narrated by Uhtred of Bebbanburg — a Northumbrian nobleman's son captured and raised by Vikings as a boy, who grows up caught between two loyalties: the Danes who taught him to fight and love, and the Saxon kingdoms of his birth. It opens in 866, as Danish armies are overrunning England one kingdom at a time, and follows the fifty-year fight to stop them, centred on…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007149926
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007182824
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061135675