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Hello Mr. Cornwell!

My father and I are very devoted fans of much of your writing, so much so that it has very easily become something we bond over, as we can spend hours talking about the little details and history surrounding Uhtred of Bebbanburg, though he has definitely dwelled deeper into your content than I have.

 

I understand it is essentially pointless to send you book ideas or ideas about characters, though it’s important to note that I am not asking you to use my ideas in your writing. What I am asking is for you to consider writing a short book or story surrounding Cnut (Longsword) Ranulfson’s rise to fame as the greatest swordsman in all of Britain.

 

Of all the warriors Uhtred has fought, I feel that Cnut has become the most important of the series, as he is the only character who has nearly killed Uhtred, and he was the only character Uhtred fully expected to lose to in a fight, with the exception of Steapa. It’s my whole-hearted belief that Uhtred only succeeded because the gods were on his side, as he claimed Cnut was faster than Finan, a claim that I felt subtlety hinted that Finan would have fell to Cnut if he had stepped in for Uhtred (which he tried to do).

 

I know it’s a lot to ask you to write a whole book about one specific character, but I had just felt there was so much potential surrounding his uprising and his possession of Ice Spite, that it couldn’t hurt to ask.

 

Thank you so much for your work, I very much look forward to War of the Wolf.

Ollie