I will try to be brief but if you are interested this will need expounding upon. I think I have read nearly all your books esp the Alfred and ancient Britain books. I long for you to move forward a few years to Edmund and subsequent Kings. I live in a house, Alpheton Hall, which has turned out, together with its church and barns, to be seeped in fascinating and romantic ancient history. On researching the history of our house, I have found the story of Edmund’s second wife (Aethelflaed), possible attempted poisoning of his first wife’s children latter on kings, and the death of Ealdorman Brihtnoth married to Aethelflaed’s sister Aelfflaed at the Battle of Maldon and Aelfflaed subsequent settlement in our village resulting in its name evolving from Aelfflaed’s Tun to Alpheton over the centuries. The house and barn and church all date back to this time and the house and barn are arguably the oldest timber framed structures in the country. I love reading but cannot write interesting text to save myself and would never dream of seeking reward or otherwise were you to expand on this brief history in writing a book. A greater in sight can be gained from some of the history pages on my website www.lavenham.com/barns.html. Nicholas Willcocks