Dear Mr Cornwell, I bought The Last Kingdom for myself as an early birthday gift (my birthday’s Feb 7th!) and I tried so hard to “save” it – but having devoured the Grail Quest trilogy, Stonehenge and a number of Sharpe books, I simply could not resist starting. I’m trying hard NOT to race through it but I just wanted to say I am loving this book so much – it really brings the period to life. I would very much like to know your opinion on the way history, and in particular British history, is taught in schools today. I think it’s a terrible shame that the rich heritage of our nation’s history remains unknown to so much of our younger generation. Jan Baxter