Firstly, love your books, and always enjoy checking out the web-site. I have a couple of quick questions I’d be interested to hear your views on. Are there any ‘lost’ (ie inpublished) novels hidden away? I heard somewhere that a 4th ‘archer’ book was started then shelved, and am curious if any other such curiosities exist? Given that you are currrently juggling 2 series of books (Sharpe and Uhtred)and appear to be under a certain amount of pressure to resurrect Starbuck – how the bl***y hell do you organise / prioritise your work without cracking up?

I know you’ve done signing tours for books, but have you any plans or desire to do any public speaking / Q&A type events? My father & I saw you in discussion with George MacDonald Fraser at Hay on Wye last year, which came across as funny, natural and informative – certainly if you found it hellish you hid it well. Nick