I’ve been a long time fan of your books. I picked out your first book actually on accident, albeit a great one!

I feel the books are amazing and love hearing every time Halfdan has won himself even more fame for his doings in Frankia. Can’t wait for the next novel!

What amount of silver and gold would make these men ‘rich’ in their times? It seems like with Halfdan owning fine weapons, ten pounds of silver, the Gold arm band, and being in the company of Jarls and Kings, would make him pretty substantial then. With all of this is mind, when he gets back home, would all of the men that lived in the long house follow Halfdan as they did his brother Harald?

This may sound silly and non consequential, but I like hearing the small details of the his daily life, like on-board the ship, getting new clothes, what connections he is making with the crew, when he is making arrows/blacksmithing, and what he earned/looted from the campaign. I was wondering if more of these small details would be added in the next novels? I feel they really add in some extra details.

Thanks so much!
Jake Lloyd

I’m familiar with the the passage from 787 you’re referring to. Although in the version I have, the Northmen, who killed the King’s Reeve, are described as Danes. But without a doubt, Norwegian Vikings were heavily involved in the early Viking-era raids on Ireland, and Dublin is considered to have been founded as a military camp by Vikings who were mostly Norwegian.

I am a Norwegian and have just finished your three books about Strongbow. I enjoyed them very much. I do really looking forward to book number 4!

I am a teacher in primary/secondary school and history is one of my subjects. The start of the viking age is often associated with the attack on the monestery of Lindisfarne in ad 793. Though, there is a passage from one Saxon annal saying that ad 787 a viking fleet manned by ”Norðmanna of Hæreðalande” attacked Devon in England.
(http://arkeologi.blogspot.com/2012/01/tre-riker-mange-folk.html)

I live in the “county” of Hæreðalande in Norway and I use to tell my pupils that maybe people from our very own turf actually started the viking raids. Thanks to your books I can also tell quite vivid stories of how life could have been onboard these ships and in the camps of these raiders.

Thank you!

Dalton