Hi again, Mr. Cornwell. I saw the film “Pathfinder” last week. It centers around the resistance of Native American tribes against the invading Norsemen. The movie had a number of inaccuracies, such as the vikings having fantastic horned and spiked helmets that made them look like monsters, and that they brought horses to the New world. But more importantly, it seemed to me a very biased film against the vikings, portraying them as a pack of blood-thirsty psychopaths who would routinely kill every man, woman and child in whatever village they encountered just for the fun of it. I get the impression from the Uhtred books that they were more discriminating in their raids, and would usually not bother with poor villages where there was likely to be little or no booty. They preferred rich targets where they would be likely to make a profit, such as larger towns and rich manor houses. And usually, they only killed those who resisted them. Is this borne out by your research for the Saxon stories? Alan Kempner