I just read Lords of the North and enjoyed your work thoroughly. When I was in college my history professor skipped over the dark ages because he contended that “nothing happened.” As an adult I have found great pleasure in studying this era, from barbarian Rome to the conquest. Your book painted an organic picture of a time and place I like to daydream of visiting. I can see Uhtred, Ragnar, Guthred and Steapa as equals to Achilles, Odysseus, Hector and Ajax. Thanks, Joe