Hi Bernard, a couple of years ago I saw the Sharpe series on Dutch tv. I always enjoyed watching them, but wasn’t familiar with your other works until a friend of mine recommended me The Last Kingdom. The both of us are huge George Martin fan, especially his A Song of Ice and Fire Series. So this friend found your book in the “what I’m reading”section on George’s site. He described it there as books in which the battle scenes are vividly and detailled described, and that just happens to be the thing we like. So, two weeks ago I ordered The Last Kingdom and The Winter King, in these 2 weeks you have become my favorite writer (besides George of course). Reading one of your books feels like being emerged in history. A part of history that has already attracted me since my early childhood. So what I actually wanted to say is: keep up the good work and I”m looking forward to The Pale Horseman. P.s. I was thinking about writing a paper about the transition from paganism to early Christianity in Northern Europe. Maybe you have some suggestions on further reading on this subject? Cheers, Dennis