Mr. Cornwell, I just finished reading The Last Kingdom, and I had to write you this very instant. I have been an avid reader of your novels for many years, and consider myself to be a fan. But you, sir, have outdone yourself! “TLK” is your best work to date. I have loved so many of your other works, too many in fact to waste your time in naming them or in trying to compare them. The character Uhtred is fantastic! The story you have created for his life feels so real. The battles are so exciting that at times I could feel his pre-battle fears, then the calming effect as the battle looms an instant from him, and… My heart was pumping as hard as his would have been! Fantastic, wonderful, exciting! I don’t think I have ever read a book that actually made my heart race and my adrenaline surge! Thank you for an amazing novel. I cannot wait for the next! Tony Miller