Although Facebook is a terribly “public” venue to express private appreciations, I want you to know personally how much I value your novelization of “England’s making” through the life experiences of Uhtred. My father’s people on their Saxon side come from the area around Ely, on their Northmen side from Normandy, and my mother’s from the area north of Loch Lomond; and “where we’re from is VERY important in my family” (as our younger daughter wrote in one of her High School papers long ago). I have been reading such efforts since I first picked up my Grandmother’s copy of Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs over 50 years ago now and your ability to bring that era to life is unmatched. I do not know which Muse gave you your appreciation of the battle fury, but is the best I have ever read. May the LORD Whom Alfred served first bless your days as you have blessed ours.
Knox Bishop
COL, USAF (Ret)