Dear Mr Cornwell,

I have written on many occasions and would like to express my thanks again for such wonderful adventures you produce. I would like to start by saying that my all time favourite Cornwell series has to be the Warlord Chronicles. these were the books that led me to discover the rest of your work.

I would like to ask a question about the weaponry from this period. You portray swords and chain mail as rare items that  only a select few possess. Do you think that most weaponry and armour from this period was just left over from the Roman era or do you think that there were centres for making new weaponry?

Many thanks,

Luke Fieldhouse