I enjoy your work…as you can imagine from my surname I’ve been curious as to why you choose Uchtred of Bambrough for your protagonist in the Saxon series. Are you a descendant of the “High Reeves of Bambrough”through Gospatrick Maldredson or in some other line. I’ve read that you don’t like suggestions on future work, but have you ever taken a look at George, Earl of the Scottish March? He seems like a character that would enjoy the company of Uchtred and Sharpe! Yours, Tom Dunbar