Dear Bernard Cornwell,

I love your work, for many reasons, the chief one being your sensitive and complex portrayals of people of various faiths, and the respectful way in which you treat these wonderful belief systems in your stories. The way faith in general has shaped history, and people’s lives within it has always been an interest of mine, but after studying this topic at university, I found that it was only after reading your novels, (The Warlord Chronicles and the Saxons Chronicles) that I could appreciate so many of the things I had learned with my heart, as well as with my mind.

So this is a heartfelt thank you for breathing life into history for me.

Furthermore, if you had any say in casting Alexander as Uhtred in the BBC series, I would also like to thank you for that. I have never loved a television character more!

Best wishes,

Bronwyn