Just finished the Arthur books. What fun stories they were to read!!!
I’ve read the Saxon Tales, Stonehenge and the Arthur stories and loved them all!
I was late to the Cornwell Cosmologies, and I’m glad that I was, now – I’ve got so much more to look forward to with your other tales!
My favorite part of your storytelling is the “voice” that you use to tell the tales, e.g., Derfel and Uhtred, or the omniscient view of Stonehenge. It really facilitates the readers’ immersion into the world of the characters.
Being a U.S. Southerner, I really appreciate a tale well told – not that other regions around the world don’t appreciate it, too. Storytelling, both heroic and tragic, is just sort of a cultural thing in the South (All ethnicities and backgrounds, of which there are many). I’m sure your Charleston contemporaries can spin quite a yarn with their Charleston accents and their Charleston point of view of the world – The Ashely and Cooper Rivers join to form the Atlantic, after all. Just ask a native!
Anyway, I’m eagerly awaiting “The Pagan Lord” and will probably reread the Saxon Tales leading up to the U.S. publication date. In the meantime, I may have to avoid your message boards following the British release for fear of spoiler comments and questions. I wouldn’t blame anyone, though – the notes would be posted out of enthusiasm for the story!
Cheers!
– Dalton