Dear mr. Cornwell,
First of all, I love the last kingdom books and currently I am reading ‘the empty throne, all in English by the way, helping me a lot with increasing my knowledge of your language!
I am from the Netherlands and I really like reading these action packed stories about people that could have been my distant ancestors. My mother’s family originates from Friesland and my father’s from Saxony =). Anyway, on to my question..
Uhtred keeps referring to himself as a Saxon, yet his family stems from Northumbrian Bebbanburg. Wasnt Northumbria settled by the Angles instead of the Saxons, thus making Uthred and his family Angles?
Would love to hear from you.
All the best,
Vincent Imhof
Utrecht, the Netherlands