Mr. Cornwell,

I have just finished the Arthur Books and found them a marvelous read. I have read numerous versions of the King Arthur/Merlin legends (since I was age 14 or so; I am currently 47) and I definitely rate your version as one of the best I have read in that time.  Always a history buff, I much more enjoy the storyline when the author brings the actual history that occurred into the story.

I much enjoyed the method in which the story was told, finding Derfel’s basic and blunt method of telling the story as he lived and observed it.

This having been said, I have a question regarding the ending of the story.  What happens with Derfel after he tells of the sailing into the mist by Arthur and Guenevere?  How does he end up as a monk who has been told by a young queen to write down the story of Arthur? Is his story completed in another of your novels?  If not, then I think many of your readers would enjoy hearing Derfel’s end-story.

Thank you for your time in reading this and best wishes for continued success.

Respectfully,

Bankston Dozier