Dear Mr Cornwell, Just wondered if you could give some hints about how you are going to portray the character of Alfred the Great’s son Edward the Elder in your Saxon series? I ask because you’ve stated that the series will go beyond Alfred’s reign and cover Alfred’s daughter Aethelflaed’s battles against the Danes, but you haven’t said much about Edward. I find Edward an interesting character, he achieved a lot in his reign but doesn’t seem to get mentioned a great deal, maybe because he’s ‘sandwiched’ between the reigns of the more popular Alfred and Athelstan. He appears to have been a hugely efficient warrior, though lacking his father’s intellectual tastes. Do you agree? David