Mr. Cornwell
First time I’ve ever posted on an author’s (or anyone’s) website. I’ve always been a
big fan of the whole “medieval” time period stuff (especially from the man at arms POV), and really enjoy the tough, gritty writing style of your books. Really into the Saxon books, Uhtred’s an arse kicker!
Just wondering, with all the research/prep you do for your books, if you were
familiar with/had an opinion on, the viking Ulfberht sword? Caught part of a PBS program here in Michigan that claimed it was pretty much the top-of-the-line for the time, as well as a bit of a status symbol for those who owned one. They had a modern day master blacksmith re create one on the program…pretty interesting. Anyway, just wondering, if you know of it, do you think these would have been around in Uhtred’s day? I didn’t see the whole program, so didn’t catch exactly what time period these were used.

Jeff