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Dear Bernard

I have just finished reading your latest book, Warriors of the Storm which I enjoyed immensely and eagerly waiting the next instalment of Uhtred of Bebbanburg. At one part of the story I was scratching my head and I had to re-read a couple of pages as I thought I had missed something, at the end of the book where they are in the fort for the final battle it reads 'there were thorns growing thick by the river junction and my son took a score of men who hacked the bushes down and dragged them back to make a barricade' Uhtred (son) was not there at the time as he had been sent to look for Ethelflaed and he returned to the fort riding from the enemy lines as the six young Norse youths were taunting the enemy before the final battle, so it was not Uhtred's son who helped hack the bushes as he was not there. You had scratching my head there Bernard.

Best wishes

Stuart

Dear Mr Cornwell

I'll be short..

Thank you for your great writings! I never liked reading since childhood. But I must admit that thanks to you I've became a book worm, and I'm always looking forward for your new release! You are a great man!

Sincerely,

Mark Gabriel

Thank you so much for the book Warriors of the Storm! it was an amazing read and I am happy to read that Uhtred is to march again. I don't know why I could buy the book and not wait for the 8th of October but who am I to complain!

Thanks and keep the booking coming.

Peter

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I'm an American boy, 16 years old, and I have been listening and avidly reading your books since I was 9 years old.  I must say that I love them! I listen to them every night (even when my parents tell me it's time for bed) and almost know Sharpe's Eagle and Sharpe's Havoc by heart.

I have repeatedly read and listened to the entire Sharpe series except for Sharpe's Xmas and Sharpe's Skirmish.  I have also repeatedly listened to and read your books on the Vikings, Arthur, The Grail Quest and the Civil War and have found them to be very interesting and engaging books.

They tend to make me think about the past and have expanded my vocabulary.  I find the books have influenced my life to a great degree.  They have done this by showing that not everyone from a certain group is either bad or good.  Even when there is a revolution or a change in government, the people still need to harvest the fields and live their daily lives despite the government's promise of change.

I ask people about certain battles, if they have ever heard of them, for example Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg or the Charge of the Light Brigade.  I have learned how fleeting a soldier's fame is.  To stay famous, a soldier must keep fighting and how unfortunate it is when someone fights for their country and they are forgotten by their own country and by most people within one hundred years.

I listen to your books again and again because I always hear something new and it teaches me a new outlook on life.  What I love most about Uhtred is that he lives in a time when law was being brought to Britain and how this changed peoples' lives.    Uhtred reminds me of me; neither of us likes to obey the rules.

The Arthur series taught me how at one time, Christians were radicals, looked down upon by other religions as fanatics just like the Muslims are unfairly looked down upon today.

I really love your books, they are an important part of my life.  Thank you very much for writing them.

Respectfully,

Nicholas Kyler

PS I also loved the Aubrey series by Patrick O'Brian.  Is your character Captain Chase supposed to be based on Aubrey? In some ways, his character is very similar, especially his foolishness on land.  The O'Brian's series  does finish well as he sails off to South Africa, but who do you think could finish the series?  Hint Hint!

Watching an episode of " Sharpe ", timed during the Portuguese campaign, circa 1809, A rifleman, carrying his weapon in a hazardous way crossing a river states " it's alright, Sir, I've wrapped it in brown paper and paraffin oil ". As the Russians didn't refine petroleum  oils until the 1850's, paraffin oil was unknown! It was isolated by the German chemist Reichenbach, named from it's inability to combine with other bodies.  Also, brown paper would not be common in the backwoods of Portugal. A more obvious wrapping would have been " mutton fat and wool". This would have had the same effect to waterproof the action of the rifle. The anachronism is obvious.

Best wishes , I still enjoy the books and T.V. Series.

Fred E Jones

Mr. Cornwell

I just wanted to express how much I love this series (and your work in general). I've read it a few times now (currently on Warriors of the Storm of course) and I can't get enough. I gave the first book to my wife to read and she devoured all eight books in less than a year (a feat since she doesn't have a lot of time and not many series/books can really grab her). Sept 26 my son was born (her second, my first). His name? Finan Parker Goulet. Her suggestion too. So. I just wanted to share my deep love of this series, and brag about my baby boy. I can't wait to really dig into this new book. Thank you for all your hard work.

Tyler Goulet

Mr Cornwell,

thank you for the inmense amount of great hours your books have brought me. I have read (I think ) all your books and today I just bought "Warriors of the Storm". ( Can't wait to start it.) I wish you an extremely long life so you can keep on enlighten me with your stories. Of course, not only for that purpose.

Respectfully yours,

El Vizconde de la Torre

I have always been a fan of historical fiction. It brings past time periods to life in an informative way, while still providing the unanticipated twists and turns of a fictional plot.

I am sure you get many emails and notes, but wanted to pass this on just in case you get a chance to read it.

I simply wanted to say thank you. I have been reading both the Sharpe and Warrior Chronicles and it has provided so much enjoyment for me.

I have not finished either series and it is a true blessing to know I have so much future reading to do with your works of art.

Thank you for what you do Mr. Cornwell, it is most appreciated!

John Hobbs

How very wonderful your work is now on television.  I have read almost all your books and enjoyed them greatly.

Best to you and yours,

Luanne Lippstreu

Dear Mr Cornwell

If you can manage a few more books with Uhtred please,  - as an Church of England priest I just love his comments about the nailed god and his disgusting priests with their dreadful theology of power.  Uhtred`s queries about the trinity - brilliant and all the saint twaddle is great.

With all religions - men I fear get in the way.

You must be very busy - so no need to answer this.

Every blessing

Peter