Dear Bernard, I really liked the Last Kingdom and am just about to read the Pale Horseman but I just keep waiting for the day that you write another Thomas of Hookton novel – any plans or dates or what about a English crusader novel set during the third crusade? Alan Ralph

Have you ever considered writing a series of books about the crusades, in the same style as the Arthur and grail quest series?. I have just finished the Pale Horsemen which I thoroughly enjoyed and which I found very insightful since I am studying that period of history at school. Thanks for signing my Pale Horsemen book and I am looking forward to the next one. James Ross