Dear Mr Cromwell, I have lived in Hong Kong for 25 years ( I am 48 now ).My sons, born in Hong Kong, of 13 and 11 are fervent readers and in particular the Saxon Stories, I think they can relate to a boy growing and the issues he faces. Whilst going through some old books I found the Ladybird children’s book on King Alfred which I must have given at 5 or 6 and I have always remembered a page detailng a brooch found with the inscription ” Alfred caused me to be made “. Odd how some things stay in your memory. I am in the UK this weekend and will be in Bury St Edmunds and shall picture arrow shooting Danes laughng at a porcupine like Edmund.! I have thouroughly enjoyed your books, as a teenager I was fascinated by the diary of Rifleman Harris and the Sharpe series were very much a must read for me. I was trying to think of a period in history you have not yet covered that I would be interested to see added to your series and I came up with either India over the 19th century or the British in the Middle East. I think few people realise the history of British influence and military involvement in Iraq prior to the past 1990’s. In closing I await the next book in the Saxon trilogy with great interest. Thank you for your works. Owen Davis