Hi Bernard,

Let me start off as I am sure many emails do by saying how much I enjoy your books, I have read most of your books, with the Warrior Chronicles being my favourite. I am a rather avid history fan, having done a degree in ancient history, I was curious to know why in your books, characters Uhtred and the people he faces, use coarse language so poorly? I mean in the ancient world, the greeks, romans and many others had coarse language with the same words we use now and so the “medieval” period. So why did you choose to write the coarse language in such a way that it comes across as almost comical rather than gritty and full of anger?

Thanks for your time
Ben