Dear Mr Cornwell
I felt that I must write to you to say thank you; I have recently finished reading The Last Kingdom series. Thank you for giving me my history. I of course knew of Alfred the Great but really it was just a name that was glanced over in my history lessons at school and similarly in my children’s education.
Reading your wonderful books has left me feeling very angry; not at you, you understand, but at the singular lack of any teaching regarding the man who was responsible for the vision and drive that made us a nation. How can the English have any pride in their country, when so much of their history is never taught.
So, thank you so much for The Last Kingdom; I cared about Uhtred and the outcome of his story as much as I was enthralled by Alfred’s and England’s tale.
Yours gratefully
Pip