Looking forward to reading about Uthred, since I am of an age and a Viking re-enactor. Having stood in a shield-wall with a score of others and faced down the like, wearing 35lbs of mail shirt and carrying a bloody great oak shield and hefty sword, I know it for the least part of the sweating, greasy-footed, panic-stricken hell it must have been. I have my own novel (about the Rus) in the making and hope to send you a copy one day! Meanwhile – thanks for all the rainy-day enjoyment.
Bob Low