2005 historical novel by Bernard Cornwell

<i>The Pale Horseman</i>

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The Pale Horseman

<p><i><b>The Pale Horseman</b></i> is the second <a href="/en/Historical_novel" title="Historical novel" class="mw-redirect wl">historical novel</a> in <a href="/en/The_Saxon_Stories" title="The Saxon Stories" class="wl">the Saxon Stories</a>  by <a href="/en/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell" class="wl">Bernard Cornwell</a>, published in 2005. It is set in 9th century <a href="/en/Wessex" title="Wessex" class="wl">Wessex</a> and <a href="/en/Cornwall" title="Cornwall" class="wl">Cornwall</a>.</p>

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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The Pale Horseman </caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg/220px-BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="393" data-file-type="bitmap" height="342" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg 2x" alt="BernardCornwell_ThePaleHorseman.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition cover</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell" class="wl">Bernard Cornwell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/The_Saxon_Stories" title="The Saxon Stories" class="wl">The Saxon Stories</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Historical_novel" title="Historical novel" class="mw-redirect wl">Historical novel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">3 October 2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins" class="wl">HarperCollins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media<span>&nbsp;</span>type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (<a href="/en/Hardcover" title="Hardcover" class="wl">hardback</a>, <a href="/en/Paperback" title="Paperback" class="wl">paperback</a>) and audio book</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">400 (hardback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1133582631" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/0-00-714992-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-714992-1" class="wl">0-00-714992-1</a> (first, hardback edition)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/OCLC_(identifier)" title="OCLC (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl"><abbr about="#mwt13" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; 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The Pale Horseman is the second historical novel in the Saxon Stories  by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2005. It is set in 9th century Wessex and Cornwall. 