Hello,

 

I’m a big fan of the Uhtred series, especially so the different take on many well known figures of the viking era. It’s especially enjoyable at a time when interest in the tales of Ragnar and his sons is increasing again in the English speaking world.

 

Due to my own family history, I’m particularly interested in Ivar The Boneless – as I believe the MacLeods may have descendants of the historical Ivar’s descendants, though it’s sketchy whether the Ivar who invaded England and the Ivar who held fiefdom in part of Ireland were truly the same – and this brings me to Sigtrygg. The historical Sigtrygg was not only King of Dublin, but Ivarsson. In your series we’ve already met Ivar’s son and grandson, but I don’t recall any mention of Sigtrygg and his brother being related to them. Is their father another man named Ivar in this series, or is he a distant relation/descendant of Uhtred’s old acquaintances?

 

Thank you for the hours of enjoyment spent reading these tales. I look forward to many more, and I intend to start on your other books soon.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Graeme McLeod