Acknowledgements

It is impossible to remember and thank everyone who has helped us with a series of books so long in the making. First and foremost we must thank our wonderful agents, Jon Wood at RCW and Heather Adams and Mike Bryan at HMA for all their support and thoughts going forward. The team at Canelo have been great as usual; thanks to Kit Nevile for editing, suggestions, advice, support and encouragement, and especially for making things easy for us during a time of chaos. Elodie Olson-Coons has done a brilliant job of copy-editing, and Nick Venables has done a superb cover illustration; as Kit says, he knocked it out of the park. Thanks to Gary Beaumont for his last-minute work on the map.

Thanks as always to Cogito Books in Hexham; sorry we had to burn your town down, but we hope you will think it was worth it! Thanks finally to Steve, Bat, Xav and Raf for a wonderful lunch just down the hill from the battlefield at Neville’s Cross; one of the highlights of the year. And finally, thanks to the Scottish borders, Northumberland and Durham for providing such a spectacular backdrop to write about, and a wonderful place to visit.