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You are my favorite historical author and I'm so glad you wrote another book in the last kingdom series. I've read them all.

Gwen Graves

 

Mr. Cornwell,

My father was an avid fan of yours for many years. He turned me onto your books when I was a teenager and I've read almost everything you've published since. We both love Richard Sharpe and he is spoken of in the same way you might an old familiar friend.

My father passed away last year after struggling with Parkinsons. Your books often helped him escape the bounds of his condition, allowed him to travel across miles and years. And now that he is gone, it is a great comfort to read your books and think on the endless conversations we had.

Thank you, Mr. Cornwell. Thank you for your brilliant stories. Thanks for giving me something to share with my dad and for these memories I keep of him.

Adam

Mr. Cornwell:

I am writing you to thank you for your books.  I first found your books in my local public library in LaSalle, Ontario, Canada.  I was browsing through the stacks uninterestedly when a book with a sword on the cover struck my eye.  I borrowed Excalibur and 4 hours later I was hooked!  I've been a fan of your work ever since.  The warlord chronicles  are my favorite books, but the Saxon stories, the grail quest and the Sharpe series all have a special place in my heart.  Ever since I've been reading and listening to your books and those by other authors.  Thank you for turning me back into a reader, I'm  sure you've done the same for many other young readers.

Keep up the excellent work!

Peter Gietz

I read a couple of your thrillers recently and thoroughly enjoyed them.  You should write a few more of them.

Andrew S.

Dear Mr. Cornwell:

Just a quick note to thank you for the Starbuck Chronicles, and to let you know how thoroughly I enjoyed not only the story line and flow, but also and especially the characters in the four books.

I sincerely hope that amid your continued passion, you can find time and desire to continue the series.

Again, thank you for the hours of enjoyment.

Warren Wentworth

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I just looked up the kindle-website for your next book and realised - ok, i`m through. With everything. Have to wait till autumn until my old friend Sharpe returns.

I`m a 52-year old welder from Germany, noticed your name after watching the first season of "the last kingdom". In this weeks back then three years ago I decided to repolish my rusted english and bought the first Uhtred-book in English ... and found the books so much better, richer, more inspiring then the movies. The same applies to Lt.Col. Richard Sharpe. Meanwhile I know much more about english history then about my own, my wife always hears me sighing: "Why don`t we have a Bernard Cornwell"

My last book of you was wildtrack, finished yesterday, and I really want to say that you wrote not one single boring and disappointing novel in your whole live. Can`t say the same about my other favourite writers Salman Rushdie, Jonathan Frantzen,  John Irving. So thank you for three years of good entertainment, for improving my english, for raising my interest in english history.

I wish you a long life meaning I wish for myself a lot more of Cornwellstuff. Can`t wait to meet my old   pal Sharpe again.

Love and reverence,

Wolfram Ackner

Dear Bernard,

I simply wanted to express my gratitude to you for your books. I'm not usually one to contact authors as I tend to think they'd rather be left alone and not harried as I would want if I was in their position. However, I felt it necessary to send this message just to say thanks. Thanks for writing Sharpe, Uhtred and everyone else. I love everything I have read and can't wait to read more of your books. Whilst I do not have much desire to write my own novel, I can understand how your books would inspire others to do so. Thank you for giving the world your stories.

Regards

James G. Riach

Dear Mr. Cornwell

 

I would like to pass on the following story involving my father and your books. I first bought Sharpes Seige. I hadn’t read or even heard of the Sharpes series before then. Anyway I read it and passed it on to my father whose health was in a period of decline. He read and very much enjoyed. Soon after that I had bought all of the existing books and my father would always get first read. As his world got smaller and smaller because of health reasons he still enjoyed the adventures of Sharpe. Near the end of his life he got depressed. And despondent. To try and encourage him I would tell him there was to be a new Sharpes book coming out soon. And when it did his eyes would light up in anticipation.

I am not sure you realize how much your books have meant to your readers. To my father it was one of the few things he could still enjoy. And enjoy he did! He passed away in 2007.

I hope your health improves. I had always thought as you got older there were 2 chairs you never wanted to sit in. The dentist and the ones in a lawyers office!

Cheers

Colin Lockhart

Dear Bernard

This article on the Capture of Fort Niagra 1813 might be of interest to you. They took out their flints and just used their Bayonets . I do hope one day you do at least 1 battle on the War of 1812. It was very fascinating War. This action was after the US burning of Newark and was to set the stage for British retaliation against Buffalo across the river https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-19/#:~:text=to%20this%20page-,Old%20Fort%20Niagara%20Captured,opposite%20shore%20in%20New%20York.

Geraint

Dear Mr Cornwell,

I’d like to thank you for all the books that you have written in this series. Years ago I bought the first book in a charity shop. I love historical novels but the period of Uhtred was new to me but I decided to give it a go and I was hooked. You opened up a whole new era for me. Since then I’ve read every Uthred book and am on the last one now. I’ve also read the archer books and 1356 Crecy. I went so far as to download a great deal of the Anglo Saxon Chronicles!  So you see you have given me hours of enjoyment. I love history so I will always choose a period fiction to any modern day and you bring the Saxon age to life for me. Next to Dorothy Dunnet you are my most read author. Again thank you very much for being a good storyteller and wordsmith.

Shelagh Roddy