Dear Mr. Cornwell I was originally introduced to your books in my school library where I fell in love with The Grail Quest. I recently finished the last book of The Saxon Tales and wanted to ask how you chose your covers. Its just that I found no correlation in the book that went back to the cover with two armies on the different sides of the bridge shooting arrows at one another. Also I would love to thank you for writing such amazing books with vivid accounts that leave the reader wanting more.

Something that has really peaked my interest from The Saxon Tales though was your accounts of the pagan religion and some of the very detailed scenes in which people such as Ragner the Elder sacrificed animal after animal, I was wishing to know how you researched them and how much can be based on truth in those past religions.

You also put in the historic section that in one way you are related to one such individual like Uhtred and I was wondering if you could explain, sorry so many questions, I look forward to asking more questions though as I read you other books thank you. Brandon Smith