Dear Mr. Cornwell I am a massive fan of your work, of some 20 years’ standing, and have revelled first in the Sharpe series, then the Arthurian and Grail trilogies; and more latterly on the Saxon series, which I have enjoyed enormously. However (and not wanting to sound like an anorak) your introduction to The Burning Land has completely thrown me. As an unwilling (!!) resident of West Drayton, I was immediately bucked up to see that it (in the form of Thorney Island) was to feature in the story. Having looked this up on the Web, however, it seems that TI was in fact the spot on the Thames where Westminster was built. Am I missing something? PS: (And now I know that I have turned into an anorak) There is no Tube at W. Drayton; although the GWR mainline station was regarded as serving the Tube network beyond Ealing for a period: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_London_Underground_stations Please don’t (I am sure that you will not) be discouraged by these carping observations; and please keep entertaining us with your fabulous works. PPS: Any chance of a sequel to Azincourt. I am agog. With kindest regards Rod Riley