Dear Mr Cornwell, I have just finished Death of Kings, another masterly evocation of the Anglo-Saxon period. It is very interesting, as well as helpful geographically, to be able to refer throughout the book to the Place Names section at the front of it. A small suggestion: since there are so many names besides the Wessex royal ones beginning with ‘Aethel’ (what does it mean, incidentally?) might a slightly extended ‘dramatis personae’ section be a good idea as well? Including other leading characters perhaps. Just a thought. It seems hard to have to wait for ‘a number of years’ for further deeds of Uhtred. In DoK he implies at one point – or at least it can be inferred – that he knew Edward’s son Athelstan when the latter had grown up. By then Uhtred would have been 70, well past Shield Wall age! Plenty of volumes to come, however, by this calculation, whenever they are published. Your books are splendid. Keep on keeping on. Chris Harries