Hello Mr Cornwell, I have just finished reading the latest Saxon Story, and loved it. Such a page-turner, and nobody can write battle scenes as well as you. It kept me from the tedium of preparing my dissertation, and for that, I thank you! Permit me for being cheeky, but I am just wondering who will be older by the time we actually get to the Battle of Brunanburh… You or Uhtred? Hopefully, you’ll be able to lift a pen, and 80 (?!?!) year-old Uhtred can still lift Serpent-Breath! His fate in an earlier book may have escaped my attention, but I was wondering what happened to Fr Prylig? Also, slightly topical at the moment, but have you read any of a Song of Fire and Ice? I have always thought that Bronn would get along very well with Uhtred, Derfel and probably Sharpe too!

Dave Breeze