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As a potential book for you to write, I suggest you look up the Battle of the Hook, which is a battle that Cornwallace lost prior to the Battle of Yorktown.  It changed the world,  You might find it interesting.

Tom

Dear Mr. Cornwell and Team,

Almost a decade ago I wrote an email to you. That message consisted of kindergarten grammar, aspirations for being a writer, and probably a fair amount of words expressing my awe in being able to contact my incontrovertible favorite author. When I sent that email, I immediately wanted to delete it.But the response I received not only made my day, but it also inspired me at the time to continue on with being a productive person. I don't remember the exact words that were sent back to me. I'm not even entirely sure it was Mr. Cornwell who replied, but whoever it was. This is a response email of gratitude for replying with encouraging words and validation. I am a current medical student. I am a fan, and my library will never be more eager to accept books authored by Mr. Cornwell.

Respectfully,
Brandon

Dear Bernard,

Just to correct Mike, who referred to Britain as being subject to 'Islamization'.  Sadly you are much more likely to be attacked in the street for being a Muslim than not. Unfortunately these attacks are sufficiently common so as not to be news worth reporting. However, according to official stats, more than 90% of all racially or religiously motivated murders since 2000 have been committed against ethnic or religious minorities, such as Muslims, who currently make up just 4.8% of the population (2011 census).

Mike might also be interested to learn that the cultural influence of Islam has an ancient heritage. King Offa of Mercia, more than a century before the time of Alfred (and Uhtred), modelled his coins on those from the Abbasid Caliphate, even copying the decorative Arabic script!

I wonder if one day there might be scope for one of your heroes to visit the relatively liberal tolerant and culturally advanced Islamic empires that thrived when the Anglo Saxons were still hacking at each-other in the mud! I doubt Uhtred would have much sympathy for the worship of Allah, but it might be fun to see him or someone like him grudgingly marvelling Arabia.. whilst picking a fight with the locals.
Dan

I have loved all the Sharpe series and Saxon Tales. I am almost done with 1356. I thought this was one of your stand alone books. There is nothing in the edition that I have which indicates that it is part of the Grail Quest Series. But I assume it is. I have not read this series and would have read it in sequence, if I would have known. I have not noticed anything lacking in the story- even though it is part of a series I am unfamiliar with. I just thought you would like to know.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Richard Wikman

Dear Mr Cornwell,
I am a huge admirer of your work, especially the Sharpe novels. I am a sixth former hoping to study history at university and I have recently set up an e-petition to encourage the government to mark the 200th Anniversary of Waterloo in 2015. Doing so would I hope increase interest in the period among the general public and especially schoolchildren, whose interest in history pre- WW2 is sadly limited. I have linked the petition below and if you would want to sign it and even pass it on I would be delighted and honoured to appreciate your support.
 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51719

Kind regards,

Harrison Edmonds

Mr Cornwell
As a freelance trumpeter who works in the pits around the uk, can I thank you for taking my mind away from the routine of 8 shows a week of musical theatre. From The Producers at Drury Lane to My Fair Lady in a tent in Leicester your books have kept me sane and entertained. I live near Shaftesbury in Dorset and grew up in Wimborne, and wondered if you based the events in Wimborne in Death of Kings on real events.I haven't finished the book yet so if you explain in the final notes I do apologies.I try not to rush the book as Eliza Doolittle is being particularly annoying and slow and I might walk if I have no book to read!

Many thanks,

Nick

Dear Mr Cornwell,

I was given "Sword Song" by a family member. I kept it for months without reading it. I very picky about what I read and sword song did not fit the bill. I decided to give it a shot manly out of boredom. I assumed it would be one of the many books i start but never finish.  How wrong i was hooked as soon as Uhtred chose to help his friend rather than have a kingdom. I read the series in this order 4 2 5 6 i still am searching for books 1 and 3. I can not afford to buy them online but have faith i will find them in a used book store. I just wanted to let you know that your books inspired me to read things i would normally over look.  I can not wait to read more about the saxons and the danes i humbly await the chance to stand beside Uhtred in the shield wall.  P.S i passed Sword Song to a friend, he loved it

Jeremy Kirby

I thought in a long and funny text to send you, Mr. Cornwell, but then I assumed two things: First, you Sir must be someone very busy. And second: My english sucks.

So I decided just to point one thing that turned you into my favorite writer.

Minutes before the strike of the shield walls in Ethandum Battle, at the "Pale Horseman", Uhtred starts do describe the saxons shied wall and the men's reactions before battle. In that moment I felt some kind of push, as I were entering in a page tunnel, filled with letters walls. Do you know the Star War's Hyperspace? Just like that.

When I opened my eyes, there were some dark clouds in the sky and thousands of men wearing leather, helmets and shields. I was in the first line of a shield wall, and by my side was a young warrior, about my age, with long and golden hair. Then a battle roar, we walked and I heard it. I heard the thunder!

For the first time in my life, I FELT EVERYTHING I was reading. I can't explain. I lack words to. It was just as I were inside the battle, fighting side by side with Uhtred!

I thank you Sir for that. For giving me, in so little words, a experience I'll take forever in my life.

Your biggest, tallest and worst english speaker from Brazil.
Dan.

Bernard,

Thank you for writing incredible books which keep me and have kept me insanely entertained, amused, enthralled, and most of all joyous throughout my journey in life.
I appreciate the truthful expressions delivered with a conviction deeper than a nucleus, coupled with deserved righteousness. Your characters' life lessons resonate, inspire and teach.
They are easy to connect with due to earnest, heartfelt expression. Your accurate and clever portrayal of history places me, as a passenger of a grand journey, within a vivid, easily imagined world, constantly spinning on it's axis as it should.
It breathes right.

I am thankful that you reached for your dreams, they subsequently reached mine and forever influenced me in a positive way.

Fortune be with you,

-Senko Redzic

Mr Cornwell,
Recently retired from military service, I have turned my attention to family history.  If my research is correct, the preponderance of my forebears are from the British Isles.  Your novels have helped bring to life for me periods of history that previously had just been an opportunity to memorize for a test, then promptly forget.  Thank you for making the sweep of history a bit more gritty, a bit more real.  I am impatiently anticipating The Pagan Lord, and can only say for 1356: Bravo!  To borrow from Oliver Twist, "Please Sir, a little more."

Respectfully,

Mark Yates