Dear Mr Cornwell, I have recently discovered your books, and in the last four months have read The Warlord Chronicles, most of the Sharpe books, The Grail Quest series, and most recently the Saxon Stories. My favourite books are the Warlord Chronicles, and I was just wondering why didn’t Derfel continue living as a lord after Arthur had sailed away? I know he made an oath to Bishop Sansum, but didn’t Derfel break the blood oath he made to Owain in regards to the raid which was conducted when Derfel was a young spearman? It hardly seems logical that he would simply give in and live as a monk for 20, 30 years. I also have another question pertaining to Derfels children, what became of them? Sorry for the petty questions, I just feel as though the story is somewhat incomplete. Johan Hendrikson