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Hello,

I am working my way through Fantasy Hike, a step tracking app that follows Frodo's path from Bag End to Mount Doom.  I think that something like that for Sharpe's trip through Spain to Brussels would be very well received.  Just seeding the idea.

Thanks for the many hours of pleasure your books have brought me.

Stephon Bagne

 

Mr. Cornwell

I'm writing this just as a simple thank you and show of appreciate towards your work. You've been a huge source of inspiration, and your writing has been a massive source of inspiration in my own coming to as a young author. I could go on for days nitpicking all the details which I found so amazing while reading, but ultimately I just want to say that writing has given me not just new purpose in life, but also is such a powerful coping mechanism. So, all that said, after finishing the Saxon Chronicles and  Warlord series and about to dive into the Sharpe series, I am just such a fan of your work, and hopefully, one day, you might find yourself picking up one of my books and read all about the adventures of Oederic the Vandal (inspired heavily from Uhtred)

You're the man Bernard. Thank you so much

Jesse Fairburn

Mr Cornwell...

Big fan of yours..if you recommend another author, I take it to heart. I started reading the Last Kingdom when a new book was published..starting with the self titled in 2005. The only mistake I made was I found a signed copy if Pale Horseman in a little bookshop in Arkansas that I did not buy...again my mistake. As well, my Sharpe adventure started around the same time and in large prart prompted a trip to Portugal and Spain a few years ago..seeing the country from the eyes of your books was/is fascinating. I'm goin back this year. While the Last Kingdom TV series was very entertaining (the characters fit the bill well) I was disappointed in some of the "creative licensing on the final movie installment. If only "they" had kept the script to the book. Thank you for what you do look forward to the next adventure.

Roger

Reading your books has given me immense pleasure for many years. I have especially enjoyed the Uhtred series and want to congratulate you on the success of the television adaptation of that series. Please know that you have not only entertained me but have also inspired me in my own writing career. Best wishes for good health and continued success.

Joseph Badal

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I wish I could adequately describe how thankful I am for your books. I've stumbled across them (later in life than I should have) through The Last Kingdom series on Netflix, and since, I've read that entire series, as well as The Warlord Chronicles. Love them all. Finally found myself in England last summer, and told the group I travel with that venturing into Northumbria was a must. I've always wanted to visit Newcastle, and from there, wanted to go to Bamburgh to see the castle. Which, thankfully, we did.. Highlight of my life.

Since finding your books, I've had a bit of a struggle. Only because yours are so well written, with a depth and attention to detail that's so spectacular...I can't help but be green with envy. Or, so I thought. I'm an aspiring writer myself. Having read yours...I know I shall never come close to what you've put on paper. As much as that pains me... I've realized that it's not envy that I'm experiencing. Okay, well... perhaps a little. Mostly, it's an extreme admiration. I love everything about your stories. Thank you so very much for them. I hope this finds you well, and hope to read the rest of your works in time.

Again, thank you.

 

Sincerely,

Mike Trask

I am forced into inactivity by a bad cold and went to the library to find something diverting to read.  I was startled to find a new book in the Sharpe saga, Sharpe’s Assassin, on the bookshelf. I devoured it lying in bed in one day. Such pleasure you have blessed us with through your historical novels!

Many thanks.

Eric Noreen

Dear Bernard

Regarding the Marlborough v Wellington discussion. David Chandler in his book on Marlborough did say that Napoleon actually told some British visitors to read up on his Campaigns as he didn't think the British appreciated him. While Wellington also said he could think of nothing finer than Marlborough at the head of an English Army and that his issues with the Dutch where greater than his own with the Spanish. Mind you the Duke when asked who the Greatest General of all time was said This or any age Napoleon.

Marlborough also considered his Greatest achievement not Blenhiem but in out witting Marshal Villars in his final Campaign. This was after the Battle of Malplaquet that was pure brutal slug fest. . Villars was a first class General and should be up with Turenne/Napoleon and Davout as one of the greatest French Generals of that era.

Geraint

http://www.spanishsuccession.nl/villars.html

Dear Bernard

1 thing that Wellington was worried about but is often not mentioned in History books was the Grain supply of his Army by the US. If Madison had decided to cut that, it could've seriously damaged his Army as his Letters to Horse Guards attest to l. This article on the subject will be of interest to read on how events in the US affected Spain

Geraint

https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/Warof1812/2006/Issue5/c_Wellington.html

 

I have read your four sailing thriller novels, and found they were quite good.  I have one friendly suggestion, though.  Please do not describe the movements of people who are shot with guns as if they had been hit by a 200 lb. sledgehammer.  Cheap Hollywood movies sometimes make that mistake, but quality writing such as yours should not.  I know whereof I speak, being a retired prosecutor and having tried more than 100 homicide cases, and having attended many seminars in weapons and ballistics.  The impact of a bullet has the same force as the recoil of the gun that fired it - in other words, enough force to move the hand holding the gun back a bit, but not nearly enough to throw a human body around like a rag doll.

Thank you for the pleasurable experience of reading your novels.  I hope you are not insulted by my mild criticism, it was not intended that way.

Ken Simon, Sr.

Dear Bernard

I saw this wiki article if you ever did a spin off on Frederickson's time in Canada, his US Rifle Regiment opponents for when he gets to Canada. Bit of a mixed bag They won and lost fights but still interesting to read. Slight differences in Uniform and Rifle to the 95th and 60th of course

Geraint

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_of_Riflemen