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Dear Mr Cornwell,

I have only recently come accross your work following the BBC's adaption "The Last Kingdom" (although a good series, it does not do the books justice). I have spent the last four months away on deployment with the Royal Marines during which time I devoured all 10 books - twice! I especially enjoyed the historical notes at the end. Now that I am safely home and with my family I intend to secure myself some of your other works in readiness for my next deployment in autumn  (I'm looking at the Grail Quest and Warlord Chronicles) and I just wanted to say a huge thank you for keeping me sane in an otherwise crazy and crumbling world.

THANK YOU& never stop producing such brilliant works.

 

Yours sincerely

John Duffy

Love your books!  I've read or listened to all of the Sharpe books as well as the the Last Kingdom series (and some others).  I recall you mentioned your interest in Uhtred in a foreword given he's one of your forefathers.  I just recently pushed my family tree back to Uhtred as well, apparently he's my 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st great grandfather many times over (some 600+ paths back to him), and I have to admit an even greater interest in his story.  Thanks for telling it.  Looking forward to getting to more of your books.

Proctor Grayson

I am familiar with your stories about Sharpe through video. But until today I had not had the pleasure of reading any of your other works. I thoroughly enjoyed "The Fort" and would be remiss if I did not express my admiration. Thank You.

Warren Browning

Hi,

 

I've been reading your books since I was in about 6th grade. I started with the Sharpe books, read through the Thomas of Hookton series, and now my favorite series has to be The Last Kingdom Series.I don't think I've grown more attached to a character than I have Uhtred.

 

As I mentioned before, I've been reading your books since about 6th grade, I sent you an e-mail around then too, but it was a long time ago being I'm 24 now. I just wanted to thank you for writing these books. Not only have they provided me with great reading material but throughout my education, teachers have always told me that I write very well. I attribute that to your work.

 

This is probably a poorly written message because I'm not too familiar on how to send fan mail but again, thank you for all your work in writing.

 

-Jack Bewlay

 

Early church discovered on UK Holy Island, may be linked to medieval saints By James Rogers Published July 03, 2017 Fox News  Excavation of the church on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Jessica Turner - Northumberland County Council).

Excavation of the church on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Jessica Turner - Northumberland County Council).

Archaeologists have discovered an early medieval church on the remote Holy Island of Lindisfarne that could be linked to key figures in the history of British Christianity.

 

“We’re just really excited because, potentially, it’s evidence of the earliest church on the island and it’s linked to historical figures like St. Aidan and St. Oswald,” Sara Rushton, conservation manager of Northumberland County Council, told Fox News.

 

Rushton explained that the church may have been built as early as the mid-seventh century A.D., possibly around the year 650. The island off the coast of North East England is an important site in British Christianity – St. Aidan established a monastery on the island in 635 A.D, which became an international center for learning and craftsmanship before it was ransacked by Viking raiders in the late 8th Century. The monastery was re-established in the 11th century.

 

BRONZE AGE CEMETERY DISCOVERED AT RITUAL SITE IN WALES

 

Rushton explained that, while the church could date from the seventh to the ninth centuries, there are plenty of hints that it was built in the early part of the island’s history. A stone, possibly an altar stone, was found at the east end of the church, a feature of northern British churches before 671 A.D, according to Rushton. “The other reason we think it might be earlier is because of the style of the stonework – it’s very crude” she said, noting that it lacks the refinement seen in later churches.

 

The church’s location on a steep, rocky narrow ridge that runs across the northern end of the island also provides a clue. “It’s the type of location that appealed to the Celtic church,” said Rushton.

 

Additionally, the church’s position may have been chosen to face Bamburgh Castle on the nearby coast. Bamburgh was the royal court of St. Oswald of Northumbria, a Saxon king credited with helping spread Christianity in the region.

 

VIKING DISCOVERY: EXPERTS USE TECH TO REVEAL SETTLEMENT BENEATH SAINT-KING'S CHURCH

 

“Because it’s high they looked across to Bamburgh castle,” said Rushton, who believes that the potential church discovery cements Holy Island as one of the most important early medieval sites in Britain.

 

Until this summer archaeologists thought that the early churches on the island were located elsewhere. Like Holy Island’s monastery, it was thought that the churches were in the shelter of the rocky narrow ridge, known as ‘The Heugh.’

 

Last year excavations on the western part of the ridge revealed a massive foundation wall that archaeologists speculate is part of a watch tower.

Charles Romeo

Just a wee thank you. Historic novels have always been a bit of a mystery  to me. I have trouble  getting  into them... till now.

I admit I started reading after seeing  the  first episode of the last Kingdom  but I can honestly  say I love the series with a huge passion  well so far I'm on book three. I have  plans to start on Sharpe next. I read alot at night after my partner has epileptic  fits I need to  stay awake while he comes out of it. So the wonderful  characters are my friends  in the lonely hours.

Loving your work.

Keep smiling

Sonia

Bernard,

You are the only one alive I can relate to who has anything to do with the Cape. My father bought a plot of land overlooking Welfleet harbor in 1956, and I spent my early kid to teen years clamming at low tide, swimming in ocean and then Long Pond to clean off the salt, and eat my mother's chowder, which was always on the table. The years went by; my parents stopped going, I only went a few times, and then they sold it for a rather enormous price. Very sad day, as I remember it. Some memories that remain are some interesting people we met and who became family friends. For example, one day I was playing in the dune below our house (the one that held old bones and indian arrow heads under the sand), and a boy turned up from the rentals below to play with me. He turned out to be the son of John Dos Passos, the writer who was there vacationing. We visited Dos Passos' farm in Virginia outside of D.C. where we lived, and heard his stories of his adventures with F.Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and riding on a motorcycle with his lover and now wife recklessly through the mountains of Spain during the civil war then, and other stories I wished I had been able to record. He was fascinated by my mother, whose father was Charles Sheldon ("Wilderness of Denali"), founder of Denali National Park in Alaska (check out Sheldon in The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley), her ancestors were William Bradford, of the Plymouth Colony, and Israel Putnam Gulliver, famous general under Washington, and her brother William G. Sheldon, the first westerner to enter rural China in the 1930s to study the panda bear in their habitat in Sichuan Province ("The Wilderness Home of the Giant Panda") long before those furry lovelies showed up at the National Zoo in Washington, To end my meandering and hopelessly trivial tale, the Cape is special and always will be, and this little note is just a way for me to remember it and know someone I admire--got all your books! Want 'em signed before I go!--is there now enjoying that sandy heaven on earth.

Regards,

Peter S. Lunde

Hi,

 

I haven't read your book yet but surely I would. I have been a fan of any medieval-themed stories for far too long so the the tv series "The Last Kingdom" captured my attention. And I swear to Odin, I love it but even though I have read hundred of books and have watched series narrating them, I still haven't learned my lesson, it is that I should never invest feelings with a fictional character. Because just like any other author you are no different, you will attack us and snatched our joy in a snap.

 

My tender heart could not endure the pain that Erik's death have caused, I have witnessed hundreds of fictional death but here I am still, with no lessons learned.

 

I hope this will inspire you to write more, because you have the sole talent that can move your readers, and with every stories you tell, we -- your readers found an escape and I think that is magic.

 

I just hope that the stories you are about to tell will not involve a death of my favorite characters.

 

P.S

 

I usually send death threats to authors in exchange of my sadness, just kidding.

 

and Uhtred can choke to death any damn time.

 

Love and more powers to you Sir,

 

Regards,

 

Ashley

Mr Cornwell,

I know you are probably tired of people asking, but Starbucks adventures need to be concluded! There is nothing worse than an open ended story, and the books so far have been absolutely riveting. I have read most of your books, but I am still working on the Sharpe series.

I understand it takes a lot of immersing yourself into the world of the Civil War, and a return to the passion a writer has with a character. So to wheel back into it might not be where you are right now. Perhaps a collection of short stories, or even something along the line of the Kindle singles, might keep our appetite whetted?

All sagas should have a conclusion, and with Starbuck there is a hole in my imagination that I have (and seemingly others as well). I wish you well, and truly hope to see Starbuck ride again, even if the final story has a sad end.

Faithfully,

Liam Hickey

Hello,

 

I wanted to write you a letter as I feel those are more personal but decided to do this seeing as it's faster. I wanted to let you know I have never been much of a reader. I started reading the Saxon Series after I watched the first two season on Netflix and finished the book series a week later. I wanted to thank you for all the research you put into those books and all the time and effort you took developing each character and making it all so life like. You have become my favorite author and I will be reading the rest of your writings. I hope you are well and thanks again.

 

Griffin