Dear Mr. Cornwell,
First of all thank you for the fantastic series The last Kingdom – The Burning Land. The provided many hours of reading joy!!
In the last book of this series there is a slightly disturbing historic error. With the (unwanted) risk of being pedantic I would like to bring this to your attention. Also because this event must have had its impact on your ancestors as it did on mine. My ancestors lived in Frisian in these early days.
In the night of the 13th and 14th December 1287 there was an enormous flood bringing disaster to the north of the Netherlands (Frisian) and to the east of the UK (Bebbanburg?). Only after this flood the map in the book is correct, before the flood there was no inner sea.
Perhaps this is a new historical fact for you? In that case I hope you enjoy this kind of historical facts as much as I do.
In no way has this a negative impact on the pleasure of reading your books!
Thanks again!!
Kind regards
Roland Heringa
Amsterdam
Netherlands