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Just finished Fools and Mortals and loved it.  My thanks for a great read!

Ed

 

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

Your books have provided countless hours of enjoyment over many years. While working, I listened to books on tape during my long commute.  Since retiring, I continue to read when I can steal the time. Since I never kept a record of the books I had read, I tend to pick up titles again,  that I may have read last year or 10 years ago. The surprise is that I can re-read one of your books in preference to reading most other author’s works for the first time. The big critic comment is that you write battle scenes better than anyone else ever.  While that may be true, my observation is that you write daily life better than anyone else.  You can take an average day in the life of … and make it interesting. You have twists, turns, and surprises that make your stories always hard to put down.  You could weave a story around a cookbook and that would become a must read. I can read just a single page from one of your novels that would take me hours to research and yet you publish thousands of pages on a regular basis.  I admire your talent. Within the past year, based on some letters I discovered, written by my maternal grandmother, I became interested in tracing my own family tree.  What a surprise. My grandmother was attempting to obtain a passport in 1971.  Apparently, she was having a hard time proving her birth, in 1897, so she was submitting family records to establish her as a U.S. citizen. I learned that her husband, my grandfather, had been adopted.  She gave details about my biological grandfather that I had previously not known. Using the new facts, I traced that family using Ancestry.com and even submitted a saliva sample for their DNA testing. Ancestry confirmed a close DNA match connecting me to members of the Ames family, the family said to be my biological heritage by my grandmother. Since then, I have been able to trace those ancestors back as far as 1092. The search became easier once my tree connected to high-profile, well-researched families. I found many lords and ladies plus a count and baroness or two. Come to find out that my 10th GG, Thomas Eames (early spelling of Ames) married Millicent Brewster who was the granddaughter of William Brewster II, Archbishop of York, and sister to William Brewster, well-known passenger on the Mayflower.  That makes me the 12th great grandson of the Archbishop and 10th great-nephew of the Mayflower elder. My 15th GG, Humphrey Brewster, is also the 15th GG of both Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Going back to the earlier centuries I found more than a dozen relatives who are listed as knights, many of which have heraldic shields associated with them.

I am currently reading/re-reading “Vagabond”.  Having my own family knights in the 1300’s, the stories have become even more interesting. A reference to the Archbishop of York caught my attention too, even though my connection there did not occur until the 1500’s. Reviewing the knights in my tree I try to imagine what their life may have been like.  Perhaps your stories may give an insight. I notice that, in many instances, their children were born either the same year as their death or the year prior.  Had any of those unions not have occurred, I would not be here today. One knight must have been able to tell a lot of stories for, if my information is correct, he lived to be 94 years old.  The dates could be wrong but if not, he might have been able to tell tales like Uhtred.

Thanks for your writing.  I hope you do not run out of material.

Donald W. Babcock

Dear Mr Cornwell

I have been reading your books for over 20 years and I just wanted to say thank you. They have been a big part of both my teenage and adult life and I hope that my children will, in time (they are only 1 and 3) be inspired to find the same interest and enjoyment that I have always found in your work.

Yours faithfully

 

Jack Upton

I absolutely loved your three books on king Arthur.   I've read a load of books on Arthur but yours were by far my favourites.   And if there is a better hero than Uhtred in historical fiction I have yet to read him or her.   I hope there will be more books on Uthred.   I feel his story is not quite finished yet though he's getting on.   Now there's no one I would prefer beside me in a shield wall than him lol. Keep up the great books

Micah

Mr. Cornwell

 

Good day to you. I am presently partly complete in reading The Flame Bearer and I feel compelled to pause and write you this note to say thank you. I have thoroughly enjoyed all your books and feel compelled to express my gratitude for creating so many compelling and immersive books.  I envy your skill in creating these worlds that, unlike pure fantasy, are grounded in historical fact.  I never lived in a world where the Danes might invade, or the church might hold my lands in forfeit, or the rigors of the Napoleonic wars might condemn me to the forlorn hope.  Your tales are a reminder of humanity’s real struggles in history, now blunted by the great nuclear peace.  To the extent you find satisfaction hearing from those who derive enjoyment from your craft, I hope this note finds you well and encourages you to keep up the good work.

Kind regards,

Matt

Mr. Cornwell,

 

I've read just about all your books and have loved them all (although not equally so),  but when Fools and Mortals came out I grabbed it on the publication day and devoured it. My wife and I are devoted theater fans and love Shakespeare. I do hope this is the start of another series of novels, this one about theater.

 

John Crowe

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

 

I am currently discovering the cosmos of the Warrior Chronicles and just wanted to say: Thank you for these books!

Boris Christoph Vielhaber

Mr Cornwell,

Hello.

It is a true privilege to be able to message you.

I am a married man, the wrong side of fifty.

My loving Wife recently discovered Richard Sharpe, thought I might appreciate him, and bought me his whole set all at once.

Oh boys, was She so right.... Bliss...

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you......................

 

X   H.  :o)

Hi. I love your books. They are wonderfully written and it is a joy to read them. I especially love Sharpe's Enemy -- Ich hatt' einen Kameraden, Einen bess'ren findst du nicht. Thank you so much for being a great inspiration and a great read.

 

Helen

Dear Bernard,

 

You love keeping us in suspense don't you!! There are many gaps in Sharpe's Napoleonic timeline but what will it be????....

...I love this source:

 

http://sharpecompendium.net/timelines.html

 

Regards

 

D