Dear Mr. Cromwell,
I have read many dozens of your books and have enjoyed them tremendously.
Sincerely yours,
Jeffrey Blackman
Dear Bernard:
I thought you might be interested in this article about the British siege of Charleston, SC in 1780. Not sure how close this dig is to your well "digs" but thought you'd be interested. Please keep writing and "break a leg" this summer.
Cheers,
Scott
Thank you! I hadn’t seen the story before – interesting that it’s .60 caliber which suggests it was a ball from a Patriot’s gun (the British were armed with a .75 caliber musket). It isn’t far from my ‘digs’, but we were well inside the walls. My neighbor, rebuilding his house, discovered it had been occupied by the British when they captured the city – he found a letter bitching that some British officer’s laundry hadn’t been done!
I just finished rereading The Nathaniel Starbuck chronicles and just wanted to let you know that they are, in my opinion, among the best of your work. Though The Bloody Ground was written when I was four years old and I'm fully aware of your reasoning for shifting away from the series, I still can't kill that little nugget of hope within me that you'll revive the series one day.
Sean Wendt
Dear Mr. Cornwell.
I have been marching with Sharpe and Harper for some time now and, being Irish (though living in New York) feel perfectly in lockstep with both of them. It's interesting that you paired those sometimes at odds neighbors but, as you know I'm sure, you are not alone in doing so. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin come immediately to mind, and while Harry Sidebottom's Marcus Clodius Ballista is no Englishman he is an Angle and his pal is Maximus the Hibernian. More than one Anglo/Irish Agreement in the literary firmament then. By the by, not sure what to do when I reach the end of the Sharpe series. Will have to read them all over again I guess. And more slowly. Thank you for your literary gifts. Best,
Ray O'Hanlon
May you always love your work and reflect often on the hours of pleasure your imagination gives so many people. You are deservedly blessed.
Your pen has delivered me to far away places and times... worlds away from Hugo, Oregon. Your heroes have become more heroic to me with the way you show them as striving against their human flaws and the twists of fate they face... the way we all do in everyday life, just in less spectacular circumstances. Thank you for the magic.
John Curtis
Boa tarde.
Passo para congratular e agradecer. Ler suas obras é prazeroso.
Muitas vezes sua narrativa estimula sentidos e chego a ouvir, sentir odores, dentre outras "loucuras' da imaginação. Um espetáculo.
Mais uma vez, obrigado.
Gilberto Pinheiro da Rocha
Obrigado!
I so enjoyed The Last Kingdom, would like to see other books made into TV Shows. Thanks
L. Smith
Mr. Cornwell,
Greetings. I just wanted to utilize this oh-so convenient message board to say that your books are incredible. Growing up, before reading was nothing more than a legal way to make a child miserable, I would always see my father reading your books or books of the same nature. I would think to myself, "how can anybody sit in the bathroom for so long just to read?" As I got older, and wiser, and after realizing that parents actually sometimes hide from their children on purpose, I started reading the Sharpe Books. I was actually in college studying to get my degree in history education, when I picked up Sharpe's Company for the first time. At the time, my brain was absolutely fried from trying to teach myself History of Tsarist Russia that I decided i needed an outlet of interest where I could turn my brain off, and escape somewhere. I found that with your books. It goes without saying that the memory of my father reading your books, and his saying, "they'yre pretty damn good", definitely guided me to start reading your work. I can simply say that they are pretty damn good. Now, from the Sharpe Books led me to the Starbuck Chronicles, Last Kingdom Series, etc., but it all started with Sharpe and Harper. As a history fan, your books not only provide thrilling accounts of history, but they do it in a way that definitely keeps it interesting. The Historical Notes at the end of each book are what provides the reader with accurate information, and also provides the fact that you are not only an author of history but a historian as well. You have helped me to become incredibly interested in the Napoleonic Era, so thank you for that also. I digress. I have never reached out like this before to anybody well-known, so I appreciate the handy comment box as well. If there ever comes a time where you're on the lower left coast of the United States, don't hesitate to drop a line. To put it candidly, to "shoot-the-shit" over a couple pints with a fellow history fan.
Very Respectfully,
Hospitalman Fite, Thomas
USN
Thank you!
I noticed a reader asking the question
Does Uhtred Utredsson seax have a name?
Wasn't it called "Wasp Sting"?
Paul Stein
Dear Mr. Cornwell -
Your books helped get me through a very trying (but ultimately successful) series of radiation and chemotherapy sessions. Thank you!
The TV series is pretty much OK, except for the casting of Uhtred. I expect him to look more like the football player, Clay Matthews! A link is attached but if you are reluctant to open something from a stranger, just Google his name.
Best regards.
Kurt Ingham