Dear Mr Cornwell,

first of all I would like to express my gratitude for your work – especially the Saxon Chronicles which I adore. Uhtred is my hero and I love him. He is so complex and charismatic that he made millions of people crazy about him all over the world ;) I have a question regarding him being played by Alexander Dreymon. In the tv series Uhtred has dark hair. In your books you underlined many times that he has norse looks – fair, long hair which made him look like Dane. You actually make it very clear how Uhtred looks like.  I wonder why the TV series Last Kingdom make up artist made Uthred have dark hair? Also the mustache looks like from a different epoch – to me quite a 18-th stylization.  Did they consult you on the way characters look like? Or didn’t you have any influence over it? Thank you for your answer.

Patrycja

I am really enjoying the Saxon Series of novels. Thank you for them. I love historical novels and who better to write them than Mr Cornwell?

Having recently become aware of the “The Last Kingdom” series by the BBC and have had a look at a couple of trailers. The one thing that concerns me is that Uhtred on television has dark hair while Uhtred in your books has long blond hair and, as such is easily mistaken for a Dane.

This surprises (bothers) me as I thought they would stick more closely to the images of the character you painted in your stories.

Interested in your feedback.

Peter