Dear Bernard, Pardon my bad grammar. My excuse is that I’m Swedish ;). I’ve been enjoying your Arthur series so far. I’m only at Enemy of God so I haven’t finished the series yet. I also bought the Last Kingdom which seems equally interesting. I have never read your Sharpe books (for some reason they didn’t make a big impact in Sweden). Since I’m a fan of Hornblower I think I might enjoy them as well. Now to my questions: First Question: Paralell to your books I’m also reading the books covering the same topic by Jack Whyte. His version focuses on the last days of the Roman era – rather than the post Roman period which your books start in. Have you ever read his books and if you have, what did you think of them? They were good enough that I decided to buy a ticket to Newcastle just to see Hadrianus Wall, mabye they’ll have the same effect on you :). Second Question: I read a few of the suggestions for future book topics in your bbs. One that never came up. Have you thought about the period around the Black Plague? I can’t really think of that many good books covering that era(not counting Dante and the like). Actually, one of the better was a book called “Doomsday Book”. Which really was more of SciFi than Historical Fiction but the description of the era was one of the best (most believable) I’ve ever read. Just something to ponder on for future topics :). Good medieaval fiction can’t arrive soon enough. Thank you for reading this. Best regards, Marcus