Hi Bernard,
I just finished reading The Empty Throne and enjoyed it I’m interested in how Uhtred’s wound was treated and I’ve read that they used to use moldy bread to prevent infection but maybe that was after Uhtred’s day. Anyway, the spider webs and honey seemed to have worked just as well.
I notice in this book that Stiorra is Uhtred’s youngest child but in an earlier book the second son is the youngest, at whose birth his mother died. I guess that doesn’t affect the story all that much. Also, you are so very good at using the Saxon place names which makes the novels appear really authentic but you refer to Athelstan as prince but I don’t think that is a title that the Saxons used. A King’s son was called an Atheling.
Sittryggr is an interesting character. I assume he’s the same one who becomes King of Northumbria. If so, he could be instrumental in helping Uhtred to get Bebbanburg back. I look forward to the next book.
Ann Madonna