Dear Bernard, Thanks a lot! You’ve done it again. I was up way too late last night finishing “The Pale Horesman” and today I’m (happily) paying the price. Thank you for telling the tale of the Saxons. I always felt that they got short shrift between the romantic Celts and the glamorous Normans even though the Saxon ethos permeates our society. Some of my ancestors emigrated from the Taunton area about three hundred years ago. I’ve always felt a kinship with the West Saxons ever since reading a biography of Alfred as a young lad. Thanks again and please keep up the good work! Tom Safford