Mr. Cornwell, As a history teacher, amateur historian, and avid reader of historical fiction, I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoy your work. From the first Sharpe books on, I was hooked. Your Arthur series, with the vivid descriptions of shield wall combat, became recommended reading for my Gifted classes, and our school library is now well stocked with Cornwell books. The Archer series fit nicely with the unit I teach on Henry V and now you give us Uhtred! I don’t know how many of the Saxon series you intend to write, but know I shall be there for them all. I suspect you will have Uhtred serving Ethelflaed before it’s all over! Robert Courtney