I greatly enjoy your novels – not least for their historical accuracy and have recommended them to people as a way of picking up historical facts whilst reading a good story. Am currently reading “The Empty Throne” and, (possibly incorrectly), have a suspicion that if Uhtred survives that long you might be going to place the battle of Brunanburh in the Wirral. If you are going to include the battle, before you settle on the location could I ask you to read two articles by the historian Michael Wood; 1st, Chapter 11, “Tinsley Wood” in his book “In Search of England” published in 1999, and 2nd: his article “Searching for Brunanburh: The Yorkshire Context of the Great War of 937”, published in Volume 85, (2013), of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. I know the location is contentious but I think anyone who actually reads the two articles above would think he has reason on his side, (but then I would say that, because I agree with him)!

Best wishes with the writing; (my only complaint is that I can read your books faster than you can write them).

Regards,

Richard Hunt