Dear Bernard,

I’ve just finished reading ‘The Pagan Lord’.As with its six predecessors in the series,I admire your ability to use historical research combined with invention to construct a base from which to launch a gripping and twisting narrative.

I’m so pleased that the eighth instalment will soon be available.

I’ll end by expressing a fervent wish that you’ll resume the Starbuck Chronicles some time in the not too distant future.

Best wishes,

John Clifford