Hello and happy New Year to you! (Better late than never). I have a few questions about the Pale Horseman after finishing it for the third time the other day, but I would like to thank you for signing some of my books in Sunderland, might I suggest a very good Waterstones shop in Middlesbrough for your next tour? First of all I was wondering why there’s no index of people’s names in the Saxon stories like there is in the Warlord chronicles? Some names are similar to each other and it was made much easier in the Arthur tales by flicking to the front.

I was also wondering is there a difference to the bow Eofer carried to what Thomas of Hookton & co would have used?

In regards to Lords of the North Country, now that Ragnar the younger is once again prisoner, is there a chance he will join Alfred? It would bring down barriers for his and Uhtred’s campaign to topple Kjartan and Sven….

Last of all it seems to me that the historical notes are getting shorter in your novels. I don’t know if this is down the publishers but I particularly enjoy them and see no need for them to be shortened! Thanks for your time, James Trethowan.