Hello Bernard As a first time reader of your work, I’ve just finished the Saxon series. My daughter bought me ‘the Lords of the North’ as a present and I could’nt put it down! Following that,I had to read the’The last Kingdom’ and ‘The Pale Horsemen’I would just like to say a massive thankyou! for casting light on a dark age in such an enthralling way. I look forward to reading about Uhtred’s adventures again in the Autumn. Alan