Dear Bernard

I am an avid reader of yours and love, in particular, your retelling of the King Arthur Legend. For me, King Arthur has been done in abundance, but never have I been more pleased with a re-imagining of the classic story than I was with your Warlord Chronicles.

You delved deeper into all of the wonderful key characters psychology and, more importantly, gave the whole legend of King Arthur new life by taking it out of the fantasy world that it has lived in for so long.

I understand that you do not want people to send you ideas, or manuscripts, or anything of the sort but, I hope you will be able to answer this burning question I have. I have had a silly ambition since the age of 13 (now 22) to become a film screenwriter/director and my next short film is a 20 minute science fiction loosely based on the King Arthur legend. Essential themes I have included from my research of the myth and story are as follows; deception, moral codes, the struggle for power and hope.

Enemy of God is probably my favourite novel of yours and due to the amount of research you must have done I appreciate you will have your own ideas and opinions on the main themes that the King Arthur story carries. Could you please share any of the themes that you felt were essential and paramount when telling the story. I appreciate if you can’t answer my question but would really love any feedback you have.

Thank you for reading.

Best Wishes,

Joshua Eley.

P.S If there is any websites, locations or books you found particularly useful at research level I would love to deepen my knowledge of King Arthur and his knights.