Dear Mr. Cornwell, I want to congratulate you on the impact of your books and those of your translators. You’re known in at least five languages. I have read your Sharp and Saxon stories. I have become fond of both Richard Sharp and Uhtred. I was curious! Are you planning to write follow up to the Saxon stories? Will Edward the Elder play a role? I read long ago Alfred’s biography by Asser, and I am acquainted with the Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Your novels really bring out the mood of the period. Osfert is a name of relative of Alfred, who became important late in the reign and under Edward. You make out as being Alfred’s bastard. Will he loom larger in the last fifty years of Uhtred? Will it be in one installment or two? You hint that Uhtred’s daughter will play a major role. You also hint that Uhtred will regain Bamburgh. Will Edward play a role? On a different note, recent excavations in Wesminster have brought to light Alfred’s and Edward’s time. In 2008, the city organise a major exposition of artifact of his time. Did you see it? Best regards, Jean-Luc Gauville