Having read with the greatest pleasure Azincourt (which I bought on publication day, though to my shame as an author at half price at Waterstones) and gone back as a result to the Grail trilogy, I wonder whether you have ever visited the Mary Rose (Henry VIII’s warship in Portsmouth)? They have the greatest collection of war bows in the world and last time I was there I was able to handle one in the stores much the thickness and weight of Thomas’s. Well worth a visit if you’re over in UK. You’d need to make appointment of course to visit the stores. I look forward to the next Uhtred Best wishes, Jeremy Montagu