Dear Mr Cornwell,

I have always loved how the Uhtred books explore  the juxtoposition of Christianity and older Pagan (for want of a better word) beliefs. Have you ever considered a book about Penda of Mercia? As “the last pagan king in england” I’ve always been fascinated by his (barely recorded) story. A Pagan Angle allied with the Waelisc and bearing a brythonnic name raises all sorts of possibilities!

Dave Crook