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Sometime back while browsing at Barnes & Noble I picked up Death of Kings. I was enthralled. Next I read the three books from the Grail Quest series. Then Stonehenge. Now I am on the Warrior Chronicles/ Saxon Stores (completed The Last Kingdom, almost done with The Pale Horseman and have the next two on my nightstand.

When I am reading these books I feel I am there, your writing makes them come alive.

You are brilliant and I thank you for your talent.

Regards,
Rob

My name is Adam and I have just finished the latest book from the Saxon Chronicles Death of kings and I love this series and look forward to the newest book and wanted thank you for your amazing work and it has inspired me in my private works!!
Adam Crouch

Dear Bernard
I have just finished reading the superb collection of Sharpe's adventures. I'm now feeling somewhat empty as I've travelled with him, and Patrick Harper from India and Europe and the final 'Jolly' to Chile and I'm left with some marvelous memories.
I've never before been so wrapped up in a book as I have been over the last few months. Through your superb writing I've lived those adventures and smelt the powder fumes, heard the cannons, rifles, muskets and lived alongside them.
I first bought the DVD set before I set about reading the books and have not regretted one minute of time wrapped in them. As a result I've also bought several John Tams CDs so that i can still travel over the hills and far away.
Many many thanks for such a wonderful adventure.
>From a very happy reader, John Butler.

Dear Bernard
I was chatting to my mother on the phone the other day; she is in France and I am in Spain with the rest of our family mostly in Scotland, and what she most wanted to know, after the usual family chit chat was when the next Uhtred book would appear. She is now 87, a historian and since I introduced to your Sharpe books a great fan, as am I and as are most of my brothers. I was happy to be able to tell her it was coming in the autumn when she will be back in Scotland. Although she does not want to live forever she would like to live long enough to see Uhtred back in his Northumbrian castle. I trust they will both make it. No question, I only wish to say your books are great. Thanks from both of us.
Catriona, my mother and myself Andrew.

Ever since I turned the first page of Sharpe's Enemy (the first of your books I read) I was immediately hooked. I went back to the beginning and read the entire series, then followed Uhtred's adventures and various others.
I would just like to say that I thoroughly enjoy all your books and constantly look forward to the next.
Keep up the great work!
Glen

Read epic fantasy genre as a kid but over the last couple decades switched to more "academic" material. Big ancient history fan and was looking for historical fiction series set around the the dark ages..... and.... found your saxon series! Glad I did, most enthralling books I've ever read, love them and the character of Uhtred.
Excited to start the Arthur books next week. Well done, keep up the good work and bring Uhtred back to the pages soon!
Chad

Thank you so much for giving someone that truly detests non-fictional history a reason to care. The way you present what may have happened, accepting the reality that Sharpe could have never been in all those places, allows those of us who may never consider history before, realize that looking back at what has come before is rarely a bad idea.
Chris Frazier

Dear Mr. Cornwell,
To start I wanna apologize for possible misspelling or grammatical errors, but I just think I need to tell you how captivating and awesome are both Derfel Cadarn and Uhtred of Bebbanburg, I read all your books published in Brasil, and no doubt they are my favorite characters of all. The way you describe the battle, the feelings, and everything that surround that Warrior's lifestyle make me dive in that world and feel like a witness of their lives. Maybe these even are the best words to say how much I appreciate and love the immersion of your books, but I don't wanna get too lengthy, thank you very much for introducing so many awesome lessons and characters likewise memorable on your books and somehow make part of my life and from all your fans.
Daniel Canonico

Dear Bernard,
I am 67 years of age and a retired Truck driver and the reason for telling you this, is that for a trucker a lot of the time is spent waiting around either loading or un- loading. Your books have accompanied me from the furthest north (Denmark) to the furthest east (Iraq) and all of Europe for many a year. I have been engrossed in all your books for as long as you have been writing them and now that I have been retired for two years I still look forward to the next novel. I read other authors books naturally but never as many times as yours. I have just completed my 3rd reading of all the Sharpe novels from Sharpe's Tiger to Sharpe's Devil (21 books not including Skirmish or Christmas) and they have been enthralling as the first time. Many many thanks for making my reading time so enjoyable.
Rusty Symmons

Dear Bernard,
As with all other people who comment, I just want to say the biggest thank you for your efforts. Your books are without doubt the benchmark as fsar as I am concerned for historical fiction.

OK so to my request. I know that you state that we shouldn't send you ideas for a book however, as you are unsurpassed in this field I would appreciate it if your could bear with me for a time. Your books have taken us from the stone and bronze ages of Britain through to the Napoleonic Wars I note however that there are, in the greater scheme of things, few novels regarding the early Norman period (Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe excepted). It would I feel, be very interesting therefore to link the Uhtred sagas to the Hookton sagas by developing a storyline that encompasses the periods leading up to and after the conquest.

Yes I realise that you have loads on your plate but plese 'file' this era for further consideration should time become available.

Thanks again for your efforts
Rob Bennett