I thoroughly enjoyed The Warlord Chronicles and was fascinated with the character reinterpretations. I think the musical, “Camelot”, got it partly right when Lancelot sings “C’est Moi!” My wife considers your Arthur books heresy since she prefers “The Mists of Avalon”. The book, not the mini-series. She liked the emphasis on the female characters. I tried to tell her that you feature strong male characters but do not neglect the females. Like most people who are offended by a book, she won’t read it. Any chance for Derfel having any more adventures? The period between the Battle at Mount Baddon and the return of Mordred was several years and it would make interesting reading. Not to beat a dead horse, BUT, I wrote to you several months ago regarding the relatively small armies in the Arthur Books. I suppose the collapse of the Roman economic structure and decline in agricultural production meant that they did not have the capacity to sustain large numbers of warriors in the field. You are right and I yield the point. As to Boadicea’s army, I checked in my copy of Michael Wood’s “In Search of the Dark Ages” and he states that her army substantialy outnumbered the Roman forces. I realize that Roman chroniclers such as Tacitus and Dio vastly overestimated the size of the force but the number of Roman Legionaries were usually accurately reported. According to Dr. Graham Wesbster, the backbone of Suetonious’ force was the 14th Legion. He also had elements of the 20th. The Romans numbered around 7000 or 8000 legionaries and 4000 auxilaries and cavalry. That’s about 11 or 12 thousand. If she outnumbered the Romans what is a good “guesstimate” as to the number? Did Celtic society/economy operate at a higher level before the Roman invasion? Not meaning to nitpik just interested. Guy E. Orr