Dear Bernard,
Fisrt of all, i want to apologize for my english errors, i am a brazilian reader and my english is only for defense!
I want to briefly share how i came to his work. I am currently reading The Saxon Stories, but started by The Warlord Chronicles. After i finish reading the George Martin books, wanted to read something similar, but not fantasy, and after searching i came up to you. But this is half the story. When i went to the bookstore to choose one of your books, there were so many… Only after finishing the Arthur trilogy was that i could see why i chose this book. Was because of the cover of the brazilian edition of The Winter King. The face on the cover is perfectly Arthur (i do know if this was the intention of the publisher or not, but it does not matter to me), in the depth of expression that face i could see the dreams of Arthur (live a simple life, in peace and love) fighting his inexorable fate (make war again and again). So, it was that wonderful cover that won me over, and what was in the book (the story) was even more fantastic.
Thanks for your stories!
Um grande abraço, Vinícius.
ps.: i think you will have no difficulty in seeing that cover.