We don’t have a tv but I do buy dvds and now have both Last Kindom series. They were superbly made and the characters were all very believable. I have since read all of the series of books, and a few others. I expected them to be a little bit different from the series as this has happened with many other films and tv series, but I found the books just as enjoyable in their own way, and they also explained a greater depth of character as well as often displaying insights into life and relationships which I have come to as well. I want to say thank you for the works, and please keep writing. You clearly do a lot of research, and the way you looked into Durham and old Northumbria was a revelation as few authors understand this area, or the reverance we have for St Cuthbert. He was a man who was not really a roman catholic christian, instead I believe he was more of a druid, which like all the mystery schools adapted their beliefs to Christianity at the time of the roman empire. He was an inspiration, and Northumbria was once a great kingdom. The north east of England has always been representative of the heart and lungs of England, if nor Britain, but London does not really want to accept that concept and so we are these days constantly ignored or downplayed. Still, Alfred and his “dooms” did create a basic Englishness and law based on the mosaic laws of old. I have read a book by a man called Hughes, who wrote Tom Brown’s Schooldays and he also wrote a biography of King Alfred which gave me a good insight into that king and his beliefs. Have you read this yourself? If not then perhaps it would be of interest to read it and see how much Hughes’s perception of Alfred matches your own.
Keep up the good work.
Carol Noble