Hello Bernard.
I have been a reader of your books over many years and thoroughly enjoyed following the Uhtred story from the very beginning. A minor point I have noticed; in several of the books are references to Uhtred handing out shilling coins – but the shilling was not introduced until the beginning of the sixteenth century in the reign of Henry V11. A silver penny, in use extensively throughout the eighth century would be worth very roughly £20 to £50 in today’s currency so a shilling would have been worth anything from £240 to £600. Still; Uhtred would have been able to afford it!
Christopher Allen