Mr. Cornwell – I must preface by saying I am not a prolific reader of your books. I have read the sailing stories, which I enjoyed, and a few of your stand-alones like Gallows Thief and Stonehenge, but that’s not why I’m writing. I have had a life-long interest and passion for stories of Arthur. I have read, I think, every major book on the subject, and many minor ones as well, delved into the history and the various theories as to his “real” identity or historical presence, and spent far too much time sorting through the available fiction to find worthwhile contributions. I always found the later constructs of Malory, etc., a bit insipid with their focus on the grail quest and excessively romantic imagery. Be that as it may, I write only to say that your Warlord Chronicles, which I read when they first came out, and to which I return every couple of years (as I just did) to enjoy again, are not simply the best Arthur story ever written, but one of the finest pieces of historical fiction I have ever encountered. I can only say this, and I hope you will accept it as the very high praise that it is: In my mind, if it happened at all, and I so hope that it did, it probably happened very much as you say. Best wishes.

Darrin McCullough