Hello Bernard:When I discovered the Saxon Chronicles series, you had already published five of the novels, and I blew through them, unable to lay them down. However, since I read so many novels and stories, I find myself – in the case of my favorites – reading the entire series (really, a single story) again to familiarize myself before diving into your newest book.So, to my question – do you read your entire series of books for a character in order to ensure your plot and character develop follow a rational arc (assuming you haven’t outlined the ending of the Saxon Chronicles)? Or is your memory, and your connection to your stories such that there is no need to revisit the story? Just curious.I find myself still gasping even upon my third reading of the story at certain points. It’s familiar but feels new!  Thanks!

Eric

Seattle, USA

Uhtred, Uhtred, he’s our man.  If he can’t do it no one can!!
Dear Mr. Cornwell,
That is the new mantra around my home now that my husband, our daughter, and myself have finished the Pagan Lord.  Magnificent.  You never disappoint.  You have created and endearing character. Your prose in unequaled right from the first page.    This summer I am going to begin the entire series again to be ready for the next story.  There is a question.  When you brought Fr. Pyrlig into the story near the end I was overjoyed.  He is one of my favorites.  And after all the time he was gone from the story he was just exactly as I would have remembered him.  So how do you achieve that?  I can understand it with the major characters.  But do you have a written outline of “personalities”  you created to jog your memory?
Thank you for giving my family endless hours of reading joy and fodder for conversation.
Karen