Dear Mr Cornwell, I Cant begin to explain how inspirational The Saxon novels are, Ive just read the whole series in one month. Im curious, as I guess many one of your fans are,about Uhtred and his fated future. We all know he gets Bamburgh in the end , but as he gets older I can’t help but wonder how the warrior in him can physically keep up(after all 35 in the 9th century is a good innings for a man in his career). I love the fact that your family links into Bamburgh,I live in Poland now but my anglo roots stem back to 1165 at Wortley. I’m starting on the rest of your novels whilst eagerly awaiting how serpent breath and wasp sting will be put to good useage, this is inexorable. Paul W.