I have just read Sword Song and enjoyed the yarn mixed with fact. I am a N Devonian by birth and ‘Cornish by marriage’ with possible Celtic connections which made me curious about your comment that ‘Uhtred…was based on a real man…one of your paternal ancestors’. As a survivor of WW2 I still have an interest in Historically based novels which include factual references to Military tactics which yours do. I am also interested in Family Trees and would be intrigued to know something of your ancestry if that question is not ‘crossing the line’.
Ron Hill