I liked the excerpt you included on Lords of the North and I noticed Father Beocca remains a character in the novel. I expect he may be a fixture throughout all the books. My favorite priest were Willibald and Pyrlig and I’d like to know if either of them will make an appearance in the next book Also, I just finished a biography of Alfred which mentioned that he had five children. Along with Aethelflaed and Edward, there was a daughter who marries Baldwin of Flanders and thus was an ancester of the Norman kings. So in a sense, Alfred’s line didn’t die out. Will any of this be brought out in future books or will Uhtred’s story be complicated enough? Ann Madonna