Hello Bernard, I must be one of your more unusual fans – a 62 yo Australian female who has been a couturier and academic, now commencing a third career as a poet. However, I feel such a strong rush of joyous familiarity every time I begin one of your Saxon stories that, if reincarnation is a true condition of our existence, then I have lived in that world, been a man much like your Uhtred of Bebbanburg, and certainly, as a woman, would love such a man if he ever passed my way. I am also a fairly stern literary critic, find poor quality prose quite unbearable, even if the story line is good. So, that I revel in your command of the language, find naught to irk in your sentence construction, and devour your tales with much pleasure is as great a compliment I can deliver to any writer. I have yet to read your Arthur books, but will seek them out, as you may gather from my surname, which has been legally assumed, that I have a deep affinity with early Britain, especially the myth of Merlyn, whom I see as the extant representative of our most original peoples. I think, perhaps, the Druids and their earth-based spirituality, may yet have much to teach us in these dire days. Given that you evidently have such a great intellectual, cultural, and even an emotional investment in Britain, I am curious why you choose to live in America? Wherever you live, I am grateful Britain is the place and people you write about. Through those tales, I have come to feel deeply connected to you, and so can say with all honesty you have my fondest regards, Teri