Dear Bernard,

I recently saw a comment by yourself regarding the books of the Warlord Chronicles (the Arthur books) :’Of all the books I have written  these are my favourite’, and I was wondering what is it about these books that make them your favourite?

They’re also my favourite books ever – there’s something about them that totally captured my imagination when I first read them in college and many a drunken shield wall has been assembled late at night to fight imaginary Saxons over the years.

I’m excited for the television adaptation but also wary, as one would be when their favourite work is adapted for the screen and totally expecting to yell ‘That didn’t happen in the book!”

Many thanks

Owen Phillips