Dear Bernard In reading about the real Guthred’s life it says that he defeated a scottish invasion with the help of the spirit of Saint Cuthbert. I was curious if Uhtred might be at that event giving his brother in law a hand and also how someone can claim spiritual assistance and get away with it even back then when surely an undead spirit rising from the netherworld would be noticed in a battle.

And although this might be a bit tricky I wondered how much of Alfred’s vision of England survived the Norman invasion and will you ever write about the Saxon stand at Hastings some say its Britains most famous battle???

On another note you have said might do another book on the American Revolution from the British perspective I was curious if it was Lexington and Bunker Hill???

And You have said in the past that you gave Starbuck a rest in favour of Sharpe will you ever give Sharpe a rest in favour of Starbuck it has been over 11yrs since the last Starbuck and there are more unanswered plot points in Starbuck than Sharpe???? Yours sincerely Geraint

P.S People in the past here have mentioned David Gemmell to you if you ever do try one of his books try Wolf in Shadow and the brilliant character of Jon Shannow its worth a read. As for factual books Peter Cozzens excellent book That terrible swift sound on the battle of Chickamauga is also worth a read.