Hi Bernard

I love the Saxon Stories, but would like to check something with you. According to Uhtred’s wiki page (never wrong!). he was born in 856 or 857. This means at the battle of Brunaburh he will be eighty!! Surely this is a little old even for Uhtred (no NHS remember.)

Rodney Doran

Firstly, thank you for your writing which enthralls me and brings me so much pleasure.  I understand that you intend your Last Kingdom Series to end with the Battle of Brunanburh. I have just started to reread book 1 – The Last Kingdom, and noticed that it states that the year Uhtred’s father was killed was 867 and that Uhtred thinks his is 9 or 10 years old. So he would have been born in 857?  The Battle of Brunanburh was in 937 so Uhtred would be 80 by that time.  My question is, will Uhtred really still be fighting?

Ann Collins