Dear Mr Cornwell

First of all, I would like to inform you that I am your ardent fan. Thanks to your creativity, I have an aim to learn English, and I also became a fan of reading books, which is very rare in our time. Getting to know you as a writer, I started with the trilogy “The Saga of King Arthur”, and to be honest, after reading it, I was still thinking about this story for about a week.

After reading the trilogy I decided to continue reading about “Inglaland” and bought myself all the books from the Saxon Chronicles.  Today I am reading the book “Wars of the Storm” and, for me personally, this book plays a key role in the history of Uhtred, as I see that Uhtred, with age, has become more of a general, miltary leader, as Iseult had predicted, rather than a warrior.  I want to note that after reading 8 books, I have practically any question or misunderstanding.  But… It was not in vain that I mentioned the trilogy “The Saga at King Arthur”.

As we know, this trilogy and the Saxon Chronicles are united by the presence of such a people as the Anglo-Saxons.  In the trilogy, the Saxons were described as an aggressive nation looking for new territories to live in.  In the chronicles there are no descriptions about Anglo-Saxons, because the history itself is conducted from a representative of this nation.  However, we can notice that this nation has become more peace-loving and believing.

My question is: Can a parallel be drawn between the Saxons from the trilogy and the Anglo-Saxons from the Saxon Chronicles?  If so, what do you think turned the Saxon barbarians into those people who truly believe in God and pray for life in the peace?

I would love to see your answer.

Yours faithfully,

Oleg Buiko