Dear Mr. Cornwell:

Just a short note to thank you for the Saxon series. My perspective of course (as  you can tell from my name) is different than yours (as your name suggests). My ancestors at least get a pretty good rap, most of the time, in your stories, and seem authentic. I also wear the hammer.Allow me to pick one “knit”: on pg. 146 of “Death of Kings”, Thursdays are still Tor’s day; and Fridays are Freya’s day. She was not “Woden’s wife” but the sister of Frey, that became the Norse equivalent of Venus, more or less, and sent the Valkeryies. Woden or Odin’s wife was Frigga. And Wednesdays are Wotan’s day (or Odinsday in Danish). To round out the viking week, Tuesdays are Tyr’s day. The Romans of course get the rest (Saturn, Sun, and Moon’s day). As we know, the hundred years after Alfred’s death are viking ones, including three kings of England. Will Uhtred have a son that inherits “Vipers breath” and continues the “song”?

Best Regards (Tor also sends his best! I have no idea
how the “nailed god” feels about that) –

Peter Hansen