Dear Mr. Cornwell, Having just finished The Pale Horseman, I noted that both Sharpe and Uhtred like skinny women and that the phrasing was more or less identical, which is why it stood out. Do all your heroes like them as well, or do I have to read all of your other books to find out? :)

Also, more seriously, as you show the Christians of fantastically as being weak and pious and the Danes as just getting on with things, do you know why Christianity is now Europe’s dominant religion rather than heathenism? Simon