Hi Mr. Cornwell,

I’ve never written to anyone like this before, but I just wanted to give you my sincerest thanks for both “The Warlord Chronicles” and “The Last Kingdom” tv series.

I chanced upon both of these several months ago during an especially difficult time in my life, and both were things that brought me a great deal of joy and focus during that time (suffice to say things are much, much better now). I’ve never enjoyed a book series as much as “The Warlord Chronicles.” The religious and political maneuvering, the vividly described battle scenes, the striking dark humor; just unbelievable. And then, being able to follow Uhtred, Alfred, Brida, and everyone else for five seasons was an unequivocal delight. While I know the tv series obviously had to condense your novels, there’s no way it could’ve been the series it was without such an expertly woven world from which to work. And now I’ll have to get started on “The Last Kingdom” novels! As much as anything else, I really appreciate that friendship is such a pronounced and imbued theme in both of these series.

No doubt you are inundated by messages of this nature, but again, just wanted to  thank you again from one more appreciative fan. And thank you for sparking such a great interest in the history of the British Isles!

Happy spring to you and yours,

Zach Widner