Dear Bernard, as a keen historian and liker of a good yarn, I have read your books for many years. sacrilegious as it may be, I have only read one or two Sharpe books, instead I have lost myself in the wonderful world you created in Stonehenge, the Warlord chronicles series, the Grail Quest series and now your wonderful series about Uhtred. I love your historical accuracy. As a dark age re enactor I love reading about fighting in the shield wall, and as an ex riot squad policeman, the similarities are uncanny! Who knows maybe Uhtred’s family and storyline will stretch to 1066, the most facinating year in our history as far as I am concerned. Thank you for the hours of pleasure you have brought me. I work as a welfare officer looking after blind ex war veterans, and we often discuss your books, which are so wonderfully portrayed in the medium of talking books. thank you. Alan Hay