Dear Bernard, I am currently reading Azincourt and I find it utterly absorbing. I was wondering how much of the fighting scenes come from historical research and how much comes from your own imagination? Did you strike a balance? If they mostly come from your imagination, then I am even more impressed! En passant, I was much tickled by the recent posting on this website by the ‘Bearded Ulsterman’ who decided to read a novel about Agincourt and was appalled to find that there were violent scenes in it. Do critics ever bother you? I doubt so. Please keep up your marvellous story-telling. Regards and best wishes, Paul Reid, Co Cork, Ireland.