Mr. Cornwell,

I guess my question is: if the Danes won at Ethandun, or Aflred died while on the run – whatever necessary to make Guthrum’s conquest of Wessex a full success – would they still have assimilated (while still having some effect on the culture) or would it have been more like the original Anglo-Saxon invasion, with England becoming fully or very closely Danish?

Also (been speeding through the books; already almost done with Lords of the North) was Kjartan partly inspired by Roose and Ramsay Bolton (or vice versa)?  I couldn’t help but notice some similarities in Tekil’s description of him.

Thanks again,

Daniel S.