Dear Bernard Have just finished reading Burning Land and enjoyed it immensely. I wondered with Uhtred meeting Constantin and he coming across as a ruthless and wily character if Uhtred will be going up against him and the Scots in the future??? And I wondered if in the next book will Uhtred get to the siege of Chester and the Viking attacks that happened there and in North wales???

In regards to your archer novels I have noticed the battles you have written about tend to be slightly one sided in regards to Archers and wondered if you will do ever do a book where BOTH sides used archers??

Last but not least would you consider giving Sharpe a bit of a rest and get back to Starbuck as there are many more open ended plot lines compared to the Sharpe books and you have left them like that far too long. Besides this may be me speaking out of turn but there seems to be a bigger interest (At least from other posters on this site) about another Starbuck than a Sharpe at the moment. Besides you have to get Starbuck to some of the western battles like Stones River I’d love to know what he would he make of Braxton Bragg??) Yours sincerely Geraint P.S I have to ask but You released Burning Land at the same time they found the largest horde of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever which is all over the news. That seems to be an incredible coincidence or where you already aware of it???