Hello Bernard, I write for two reasons…..firstly you have spoilt everything! Yes spoilt as in you have stopped me from reading my first favourite authors as you are so good! It is not fair on them! Shame on you for having such a natural and enigmatic way with words with the weaving of your stories through the fabric of your books…. Secondly (I apologise for my vivid imagination here) I absolutely adore ‘The Saxon Stories’ but therein lies the problem. I love rock music and I can already picture Uhtred and his friends riding in slow motion through the mists in a morning fog towards the camera to the sound of ‘Metal Gods’ by Judas Priest…if I had the money I would be producing the film now with the delicious casting process all wrapped up! If you get the opportunity – please listen to the song and picture it – it sends the hackles up on my neck! I have now finished the ‘Lords of the North’ and await with bated breath for the next instalment with Serpent Breath… regards Jayne Mason