I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoyed the Athurian trilogy. Working night shifts may give an enhanced appreciation of fine writing perhaps! It was a delight, some time ago , to be sitting in a cofee shop in Alnwick, and to overhear two ladies at the next table say ” So there was Derval, stood on the shore, watching Arthur sail away”. How I resisted the impulse to join in, I’ll never know! Really enjoying the “Last Kingdom” series. I now live in Seahouses, “just down the road”, from Bamburgh,and may I ask a question? There is a photo of you, on the back sleeve of “The Pale Horseman”. You look tanned, and fit, (too much so, for an author!!) Was it shot on the Northumbrian coast, as it resembles a place between Beadnall and Newton by the Sea, a perfect place for a Viking landing!! Best Regards, Steve