Dear Bernard, Thank you for the Last Kingdom. Finally the Saxons get a decent go instead of being relegated to villain status in Celtic sagas. I have been an avid reader of yours for years starting (like everyone else) with Sharpe and going on from there.I particularly appreciate the life you give to your characters and your abilities as a scop. The Arthur books were terrific but the half of me that is Saxe did not like their bad press (the other half is Pict from north of the great glen). I look forward with eager anticipation to the rest of Uhtred’s (and Alfred’s) life. all the best, Caewlin Haeglig. born in Kent, raised in Essex (North) now in Australia.