Dear Mr Cornwell,

I am a voracious reader of all of your books, but especially the Saxon series.  I am however intrigued why you chose the tiny hamlet of Swinithwaite as the location of the viking hall.  Having only ten or so houses, it is a blink and you miss it place.  I am lucky enough to now live in the village, and when in the hills above, i often wonder where the hall would have “been”.

Keep writing!

Graham Bottley