Hello,
I’m currently re-reading the Uhtred books for the second time. They made a powerful impression on me the first time, as I’ve always had an interest in the dark ages. I think the books are beautifully written and I love the way almost poetic passages infiltrate the most bloody scenes. I find some lines very moving. However, I have one tiny gripe. I can’t remember on what page, but at one point in the first book Uhtred (I think) speaks of being “bored of something”. In my understanding of English you can be bored ‘with’ or ‘by’ something but never ‘of’: it smacks of the way some young people in the UK speak these day. They’re the ones who write that they ‘could of done something’ because they’ve never been taught grammar, and thus it’s not their fault. The ‘bored of’ stood out for me so much because of the high quality of the writing and the beautiful English you use everywhere else in the books. Not much you can do about it now, I suppose, but the anal, nitpicking side of me couldn’t
hold back from saying something! Sorry! :-(
cheers
Tony Hazzard