Dear Bernard, I thoroughly enjoyed Sword Song. I hope you will fill in the gaps between the Battle of Lundene and Uthred’s ultimate demise as quickly as possible. I had to fill in the long wait between the 3rd and 4th Saxon Stories by rereading Kenneth Roberts. I resent that Patrick O’Brien died before his protagonists finished their journey to St. Helena, but probably not as much as O’Brien did. If you ever have the time and inclination, I would love for you to contrive for Sharpe and Patrick to meet the aged and embittered and resented Wellington. Dan Higgins