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A nice treat for me to see my favorite author take on the role of Dr. Finache on 7/20.  Very Entertaining.  By a stroke of luck, I was also able to purchase front row seats too which made the experience even better.

Looking forward to your next book.

Sincerely

Ben Benjamin

Can hardly wait for book 11!  Saw the Last Kingdom, too, after reading the books.   The TV version is good, but the books are absolutely riveting.  More, please.

Ruth McLatchie

Thanks for the possibility of more Sharpe.  So , finished Starbuck now Bloody Ground was was pretty darn good although it made my teeth hurt :-) hope to see Nate at Gettysburg and perhaps even  Little Big Horn down the line and he definitely still has a couple of scores to settle. Just started the Fort, so far so interesting.

Regards

Danny

My daughter turned me on the The Last Kingdom series on Netflix.  It didn't take but one episode to get me hooked.  I've now watched both seasons twice and pray that it will continue for many years.  Perhaps you will have a say in that.

 

I've gone through the first three books in The Last Kingdom series and am going out to get the fourth installment today.  As soon as I finish that, I will continue to read each successive novel until you run out of Uhtred stories.

 

I will read each one voraciously.  You are truly gifted (I wish I was.)  Thanks for your great works.

Carl Spatazza

Just a short note to tell you how much I enjoyed Sharpe's Tiger, I couldn't put it down. I don't read a lot lately but I'm on vacation in Vermont and found your book on the shelf of the house I am staying at. From the first page I was hooked, Looking forward to reading more of Mr Richard Sharpe. Thank you for a great yarn.

All the best.

Steve

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

 

Thank you very much for all the lovely hours I spent with Sharpe, Uthred and Arthur. Next on my list is Starbuck and I'm sure he will also be a lot of fun!

 

I'd love to read novels from you from other places and time periods. Anything you decide to write, know that you have a loyal reader in me!

 

Thank you,

Ovidiu

finally got a copy of The Flame Bearer and loved it. I have been anxious about getting Uhtred back in possession of his own home for too long. Now at last he's home and I can get back to finishing off my founding of Normandie books. Thank you for such a great, realistic hero and a full-bodied world.

Priscilla Watkins

At 3:30 a.m. today I finished "The Flame Bearer"; I didn't want it to end, and so was delighted that you indicated that Uhtred's story was not over.  I discovered the series when I bought "The Empty Throne" at a library sale a month ago.  After reading it and realizing that it was one of many Saxon tales, I started binge-reading from the start.  You are singularly responsible for keeping me up reading until the wee hours!  Now I will binge-watch the TV series and hopefully finish it before "Game of Thrones" returns!  I look forward to the next book in the series - you write so well that I feel I am completely immersed in that time period.

 

As an aside, you write that Uhtred "snarls" frequently.  I feel that sometimes that word doesn't fit the situation.  May I suggest some other words (which in my head I substituted when needed): barked, grumbled, snapped, growled - to name a few.

Snarling makes me think of an ugly, angry, contorted face - not at all how I picture Uhtred!

Terri

Mr. Cornwell,

 

I am just writing today to thank you and express my appreciation for your work. I discovered Sharpe because my Aunt was a fan of the Sharpe films and had recorded them on VHS. I was a young kid interested in military history and when I would go over there that would be my entertainment. I eventually got older and read all of the Sharpe books as well as the Starbuck series, the fort, Azincourt and your non-fictional account of Waterloo.

 

These books have had a positive impact on my life and given me great joy. I truly appreciate your writing and I think it is probably nice to hear such things from fans so I thought I'd send this along.

 

If I had to make one request/suggestion (of course everyone wants more Sharpe), I think the second half of the civil war while the confederacy is crumbling makes for a very compelling/rich back drop for a story. There is so much room to explore the human condition during such trying and difficult times.

 

Having said that, even if you never write another word you'll be one of my all time favorites.

 

All the best,

 

Mike

Hi there Bernard,

 

My name is Callum, I'm a film and creative writing student from Gold Coast Australia. Just writing to let you know how much I love and enjoy your books and how much they've inspired me in my own writing. I've always had a love for history, especially after I found out that the Battle of Patay and the Battle of Warterloo both occurred on my birthday. Even though I took up ancient and modern history back in high school, I was never given as much of a window into the past as I have had in your books, especially in the Grail Quest novels and 1356, which are by far my favorite. They way you told the story of the Battle of Agincourt from the perspective of Thomas of Hookton, a common soldier, was just so much more appealing than any other story or battle scene.

Just wanted to let you know as well that if ever the Grail Quest series was made into a tv show, the same way the Last Kingdom was (which, by the way, no where near as good as the books) I'm going to be working my hardest to get on set and help it do the books justice.

If you're ever here on the Gold Coast or in Queensland in general, be sure to let me know and I'll happily buy you a drink.

Sincerely,

-Callum Taylor