It’s funny. I spend 5 years on and off researching and writing a fictionalised account of Alfred the Great, seeing that no other author in the genre has yet done so, I read all your books faithfully (do you remember a question about your detachment to Thomas compared to your obvious affection for Derfal), and lo and behold, my favourite author has beaten me to it. You always said that if it takes over two years then an author I shall not be, but it still hurts. I wish you every success. I would just like to know, in all sincerity, where you got the idea from please. Regards, Joss Frimond