Hello Bernard, Just a quick note to tell you how much I love your books. I am 55 yrs old and being born and raised in England grew up with an early interest in the period Romans through to the Hastings era. My 17 year old son, Alexander, has always been an avid reader and he loves your Uhtred series. He has read all of them plus Azincourt God knows how many times. Importantly, he has managed to get some of his friends who wouldn’t touch a book (teenage boys are not big readers) to read them also and got them hooked. Incidentally, he has a healthy cynicism of religions which I suspect was given focus by your books and once commented to me that if he lived in those times he would kill the priests as well! I have read most of your other books but cant get Alex to read the Sharpe series, as modern history doesn’t seem to grab him yet. It’s a pity, as historical novels are a great way to get the overall gist of history. I hope he will grow into them. Anyway keep up the good work we are both busting to read the next in the Uhtred series. Regards Bruce Stuart Auckland NZ