Dear Mr Cornwell,
I love your books (though being busy with my hospital practice – I use audio-books to listen while driving).
One note/question regarding the Saxon stories – isn’t exaggeration to describe so many warriors on both sides armed with swords? It is considered to be not a common weapon, being too expensive for most of the worriers of the time to have.
On another note – isn’t it a historical irony that England was united just to fell to William (on Norse roots) in Hastings – ready and united but not to be ruled by Alfred’s house?
Sincerely yours,
Zeev