Mr. Cornwell, Thank you for writing such wonderful stories! I’m not such a fan of the Richard Sharpe or Nathaniel Starbuck books, but so thoroughly enjoyed The Winter King that I finished the entire Arthurian trilogy in one summer. I followed it with the Grail Quest trilogy, Stonehenge and Gallows Thief. I’ve just finished The Last Kingdom and am hoping to receive The Pale Horseman for Christmas. I travel a bit for work and these books allow me to lose myself in a different time and place while in airports or flying.. I’ve always been interested in history and your fiction very cleverly hides history lessons in with a good story. I was wondering at the value of currency in historical England. In the Arthur trilogy, money seemed to be much more available, while in The Last Kingdom, very little gold can be found even though the latter series takes place hundreds of years after the former. I’m assuming that in the Arthur series, Derfel was much closer, personally, to royalty than Uhtred on a regular basis, and was accustomed to greater wealth. Is this the case? No criticism intended, I’m merely curious. If I may make a suggestion, a series about the Borgias and the Papacy in your second person style would be very interesting. Please keep up the good work and I will remain your humble reader and ardent fan, Rick