Dear Bernard,

Forgive the familiarity but, through your writing, you feel like an old friend. Much as I love to devour your series of books, I also really enjoyed the stand-alone Stonehenge where the ancient world really came to life for me. Do you have any plans for another novel set in ancient history? I realise that you are an English history specialist but wondered whether you had considered a setting in, say, ancient Egypt for example, or do you prefer to leave such topics to that South African fellow Smith? Looking forward to the new Uhtred later this year. Thank you for the many hours of reading pleasure.

Best regards,

Nick May, Plymouth UK.