Dear Mr Cornwell,

My name is Tim Benfield and I’m a member and publicity officer for one of the UK’s premier early medieval re-enactment societies; Regia Anglorum. A lot of us are big fans of your work, including Sharpe and the Arthur trilogy. We also have a special interest in the Uhtred books as it is set in the period that we most commonly represent (our dateline goes from roughly 800ad to 1066 with some excursions to the 13thC) Our society has a permanent site with an Anglo saxon longhall, fortified burgh, forge, longboats etc with more structures currently being built. All this has been nearly 20 years in the making, you can see some images and a progress diary here: https://regia.org/wychurst/ and I can provide more recent images if requested.

I’m writing to you to extend an invitation that if you’re ever in England please do let me know and I could arrange a tour of the site for you if you are interested in our unique faithful recreation of a full sized manorial burgh

Best Regards,

Tim Benfield