Mr.Bernard Cornwell, Having read 2 of your series, The Grail Quest, and the Warlord Chronicals,and starting the third “The Saxon stories”, I have to say that you have been given a gift. From whatever higher power you beleive in, you Sir, have been given a gift. You have an incredible way of transporting your reader back in time and experience what your main character has seen, smelled, touched, believed, and felt emotionally. I swear, I have never “experienced” a novel before I read your stories. The death of Derfel’s daughter, man I was choked up. And then felt the rage of revenge. Absolutely incredible writing. I have to also say that The Warlord Chronicals were the most believable story of Arthur I have ever read or seen. Your study and your passion for what you write, along with the gift of imagination, you really rock when it comes to telling stories based on fact or as close to fact as anyone could. I thank you Sir, and I look forward to getting on with the story of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, and King Alfred. William McIvor