Dear Mr Cornwell. Just as a first note – I am from Zimbabwe in Africa – then the rest will make sense! The name Bernard Cornwell first reached my eyes about 5 years ago when my mother picked me up a book from a second hand book shop (called Books Etc.), it was called Excalibur… I read that book twice in a row… not wanting the story to end… I was so engrossed in the lives of the characters, my mind would often wonder to think what I would do if I was Derfel or Arthur. Little did I know there were 2 books before that! Well, this was only found out 2 years later when they finally reached Zimbabwe (3rd world…), except it was only Enemy of God that crossed the border… how did the story start I asked myself… I didn’t care I would read them all again just if I got my hands on the first… but it was another 3 years before I left Zimbabwe and arrived here in Toronto, Canada that I got The Winter King. The books are amazing, thank you. They really capture you and take you away. And now im really looking foreward to The Last Kingdom!! Thanks again Lawrence Alvarez, Toronto, Canada