Morning,

First, I’d like to thank you for the truly excellent Saxon Series.  I’ve read all and each is just great.  I find myself connecting with the Uhtred character.  Starting over again with the series to capture more of what I first read.  Question  – you portray Alfred as very clever but totally captured by his priests and Christian doctrine.  Also, he is portrayed as not being the warrior type (thin, no interest in violence) and much afflicted by digestive system problems.  Is there real evidence of this?

Larry Gerfen