Dear Mr. Cornwell, I received The Last Kingdom as a wonderful Christmas present, and have become an immense fan of your work ever since. My favorite authors being Andrjez Sapkowski and Glen Cook, I never imagined myself becoming such a devout fan of your historical fiction novels. But I truly am now! Thank you for bringing such a morally complex protagonist as Uhtred into the literary world! Flattery aside (even your interviews are entertaining!) I did, indeed, have a question: I am currently in the second draft of my first novel and was curious if you had any research suggestions for the early Renaissance period? I’m having a terrible time finding information about the ins and outs of daily life.

Jay Littlejohn