Hello Bernard. First off just wanted to say I’m really enjoying the Uhtred series. Took me a little while to warm to them but now I would say they are my favorite series, bar the Warlord Trilogy. I have been meaning to ask you, can you recommend any other fictional books set around the time of the Norse invasions? I have read Tim Severin’s books and thoroughly enjoyed them, wondering if there are any more out there worth reading?

Also I have been told to ask you, if I took my time machine out for a ride, and plucked Derfel and Uhtred from their homes, and stirred trouble between them, who would your money be on? Thanks in advance. Andy