Bernard, I am a massive fan of your work and have been since I was 13. I am unsure of what is my favourite series as they are all excellent. I would like to ask your personal opinion of Alfred, as Uhtred can be quite scathing in his assessments of him? Do you think that Alfred deserves to be remembered as the Great? PS I wish that you were born in Scotland so that you could work your magic and do some service to some of our great historical characters. Do you have any plans for any such book/series. William Wallace? Robert the Bruce? The 45? John MacCallum