Hello Mr. Cornwell,

I am a very big fan of yours and just love how you bring people and the past to life.  I haven’t read your Waterloo but will as my brother and I are hugely interested in that battle.  I read some comments on your site that some people felt that the actor who played Uhtred was wrong.   Firstly, I loved the series and secondly he might not of been the perfect physical match but he certainly caught the powerful, rash, angry and a wee bit arrogant Uhtred I remember from the books.  Awesome books and awesome tv series.  My second question is how do you research things like arrows, swords etc.. and time period customs etc.    I am starting a fantasy novel and much of it will be very similar to Uhtreds.  Any thoughts would be great or should I just google?  Thanks in advance and I truly love your writing.

Regards,

Mike