Dear Bernard,
I wanted to write to tell you how much I am enjoying The Last Kingdom novels. As a boy (a long time ago now!) I enjoyed the Henry Treece books about the Vikings and reading yours now is such a pleasure. I can barely put them down – Uhtred is a bit of a rascal but a likable one and a great protagonist!

Incidentally, one thing that attracted me to these stories – I am a Wiltshireman and come from Edington originally, where my parents still live. I know Bratton camp and the hills around well, indeed spent my childhood walking across them. I have some close friends whose house at the foot of Bratton hill is called “Danes Lye”!

I am onto Sword song now .. and will be sad when I finish this series of books,

All the very best,
Alastair