Dear Mr Cornwell ( that sounded strange)..Having just read “the lords of the north”, your historical notes interested me as you said you were related to a Uhtred from Bebbanberg. So does make you a “royal”.(Or even me ?).I’m so glad you left the way open for Uhtred to carry on to another book .Being a historian myself , and having a castle fetish, I naturally have been to Bamburgh. I am interested to see how Uhtred is going to get into this Saxon stronghold (obviously nothing like todays castle), as from a military point of view it is a much tougher cookie to crack than Durham.Your grail quest trilogy was exellent, but your Saxon stories are better.October 2007 is a long way off sadly and I eagerly await Uhtred’s next adventure.
Terry Cornwell