Hi, Although I have been an avid reader of just about everything for 60 years, I came to your works late. It was in fact after I heard your lectures on a QE2 transatlantic voyage that I decided to dabble. I am just finishing the third adventure of Uhtred Ragnarson, and feel I must tell you how very much I have enjoyed them. They are not the first books that I have lived within while reading them, but now I have found that even walking down the street, or in the pub’ I have been worrying about Uhtred’s scrapes and dilemmas. This is definitely a first, so congratulations and thanks. I am glad that your output is quite prolific – so I have some treats left in store. Regards, Alan Birdsall