Dear Mr Cornwell, I am a massive fan of all your books,i loved reading the sharp novels,Excalibur,and vagabond. I have just finished reading sword song and i loved it. My Favourite books are the Saxon stories, manly because of the viking elements to the books. My mothers side of the family, are from the isle of Mann,(ellan vannin veg veen)which has a huge history of the viking ancestry. I was wondering, would there be any connections of the isle of Mann vikings,to Alfred the great?,If so would that have a effect lord Uhtred in his future battles? I am really looking forward to the next saxon novel, (Gura mie ayd)thank you. Dean Duffy