Dear Mr Cornwell, just finished reading the three saxon novels and really enjoyed them, especially the insults they used to hurl at eachother! Being a west countryman I also enjoyed the first book in which Some of the action takes place in Devon and North Somerset. My father hails from the fishing village of Appledore in N Devon and on the road into that village there is a corner known to locals as “Bloody Corner”. In the wall is mounted a small stone with a grill around, which is known as “The Hubba Stone” and commemorates the death in battle of a viking warrior on a raid. I was wondering whether you had come across this site and whether it ties in with any research you may have done- could Hubba be the “Ubba” of your novel? Looking forward to the next installment , but I have your other series to get into yet! regards Andrew Down