Have loved & followed this series right through from Book 1 – always eagerly awaiting the next one. Looking forward to Book 13, to what I assume, is the final book in the story of Uhtred. Hopefully, a happy ending in the main!

Have you ever considered bouncing on a few generations (perhaps 4), with an Uhtred descendent (obviously also called Uhtred and still owning Bebbanburg) bound up in the chaos of 1066? An Uhtred sworn by oath (of course) to assist Harold Godwinson to accent to the throne. He could be involved as Harold’s army commander and finest warrior in the battles that Harold fought in the mid 11th C, then directly involved in the political skirmish for the throne after Edward the Confessor’s death. He would be proud of the exploits of his ancestors – in particular a certain Uhtred, born of Saxons, raised by Danes a 150 years before….and the bitterness of his expunging from the history books – a legacy he wants to correct. A perfect character would be Harold’s wife – Edth “The Fair” Swanneck of Mercia – apparently a  great beauty of her time and obviously a perfect target for an affair with Uhtred! This Uhtred’s finest moment could be leading the emphatic victory at Stamford Bridge, followed by the breathless dash to Kent to meet the Normans….the fate of the England at stake….Uhtred’s own fate at Hastings? a story in the making!

Phil Whitehead