Hello Mr Cornwell! This is the first time I have ever written to an author, but having stumbled on your website this evening, I couldn’t let the chance pass by to send you my gratitude. I’ve read quite a lot of your books (Arthur, Grail Quest, Stonehenge, Saxon Stories) and they have all been so very enjoyable. However, as key characters go, in Uhtred I believe you have created someone very special indeed. He is nothing short of wonderful! My friends and colleagues think I’m rather strange to be so enthralled by a lean, mean killing machine (arrogant, deadly and VERY sexy!) but your writing is so supremely crafted he almost thrashes his way off the page! Reading of his escapades is a great stress reliever at the end of a tiresome day and my favourite “Uhtredism” to date is his response to Father Hrothweard (Uhtred having just slain Jaenberht)…”I never liked you either”. A great mental image when someone has just cut me off in a traffic queue!! I agree with a previous poster on your website – these books would make a first rate movie series if handled correctly. But nothing could replace the books themselves and I hope Uhtred will continue to delight us for many books to come! Thank you again for such well crafted stories. Paula Connelly