Hello, I have read some of the Sharpe books and all of the Saxon stories and was wondering if the story of Uhtred is based on the poem: The Wanderer because when I read the poem I felt the character in the poem resembled Uhtred and the story resembled Uhtred’s journey so far. Also I would like to congratulate you on writing a book on this part of history which nowadays schools ignore even though these events helped to create England as we know it. Thanks again Rory

p.s how would you describe yourself as a pagan?