Dear Bernard, Can I start by saying what a big fan I am of your novels. My particular favourites have been the Arthur series. I grew up in rural Somerset so took great pleasure in your descriptions of the landscapes, I also very much enjoyed your take on the Arthur legend. I am currently reading the Saxon Stories, and have just started Sword Song which I am very much enjoying. I have the hard back version of Sword Song (ISBN 978-0-00-721971-1) my question or observation is in relation to the cover art work. It shows a stone bridge (collapsed in the middle) with soldiers surging on both sides, burning arrows over head and a castle in the back ground. Does this artwork depict a scene from the book? The castle in the background is stone built and looks fairly typical of castles across the British Isles, however it looks (to my very un-trained eye) that it is too advanced for the period? Uhtred says when discussing the buildings of London, that the Roman buildings were in ruins and that the Saxon city was built of thatch, wood and wattle. As the castle on the cover is not in ruin and does not appear to be Roman in design was this just a poor choice of art work on behalf of your publishers? (As I doubt you would make a historical error such as this). I realise this is quite a trivial thing but it has been nagging at me since the book arrived in the post. Many Thanks for your time, I await your reply, Charles