Dear Mr Cornwell, As I have said many times before, I do love your books, but as an historian and reenactor of the Celtic Iron Age, Romano-British and Anglo Saxon periods,I do find some things in your Arthur/Saxon books jar a little. You, or whoever reads these things first, is probably going to think I'm a complete geek, but when you are willingly suspending disbelief, immersed in the created world of a book, it breaks the spell somewhat to come across some thing you know to be untrue. And these two things really gall me: i) You often refer to rusty chainmail being worn. Now mail that is used regularly doesn't get rusty. It's quite handy really, the way the little links rub and move against each other, and keep themselves clean.It only rusts if left for a while in damp conditions. ii)The other thing is the blithe way in which people remove chain mail in your books. Have you ever worn mail? It weighs upwards of forty pounds, and not in one easily lifted lump either. Trying to lift a mail shirt over your head is a sure way to leave yourself undefended as you grapple with the sliding,slithering, weighty mass. The professional way is to bend over as if touching your toes and haul it up a little from the bottom. It's own weight does the trick then, sending it cascading down around your ears in no time, to fall in a neat heap at your feet. So, that's it really. Anoraking, trainspotting, whatever you want to call it out of the way. Have just finished Uhtred's latest travails, loved it, and am looking out for Sharpe's Fury! Thanks for a grand ride. Yours sincerely, Mari Hannigan.