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Quite some time ago, I had the good fortune to stumble upon one of your Sharpe books and "went on stumbling" several times thereafter before I began to seek them out.  I very much enjoy and appreciate your scholarship and craftsmanship in using the language to recreate historical eras so engrossingly.

Happily, my wife, Linda, also has become your fan since falling in love with Uhtred, so she gets 2d dibs on your books.

Thanks for the pleasure of meeting and following your unique characters.

Sincerely,

a fellow war baby, ANS  USMA '62

 

Dear Bernard

I thought this article on the Colonial Black Marines and their role at Bladensburg might be of interest. It seems like the Royal Navy did the Emancipation Proclamation 50 years early. I was only aware recently that Keys in his Star Spangled Banner Poem had a line about "No Refuge for the Hireling and the Slave" left  out. We British being the Hirelings and Colonial Marines as they were escaped Slaves Regards

https://www.princegeorges1812.org/?page_id=647

Geraint

I am a great reader of ALL your series of novels, but especially so for the Sharpe series. A couple of observations, coming from some of my reading of other sources. One is that I haven't seen anything regarding PTSD, which was present to some degree - and perhaps a lot - in both the Napoleonic Wars, and previously in the Revolutionary War. If you do revisit, it might make an interesting side idea for one or more characters.

Secondly, I have seen so much in eye infections in the Peninsular War due to the dust and crud. It affected everyone from Generals down to Privates. Might make an interesting sidelight.

I live in very southwest New Brunswick, Canada, in the area where refugees from Castine, ME settled, both military and civil. Fascinating to see what the refugees (alias Loyalists) went through.

Best wishes,

Tom Moffatt

I just wanted to thank you for your series, The Last Kingdom. I am a history buff, but, have never been so immersed in the pre England days.

Jacqueline Brown

Just finished reading Agincourt!  Loved it.  Have read all of Sharpe, Stonehenge, The Fort and plan to get more of your books as I have enjoyed every single one that I have read.  I am in my 70s and didn't come across your books until recently.  Plan to read ALL.

Karen P. Smith-Gratto

Bernard

I’m 34 years old and got into the Sharpe Books a few years back. Having finished the series I’d half forgotten about it. A friend of mine excitedly let me know about Sharpe’s Assassin recently. I have just finished it. I think it is right up there with your best, the perfect mix of the best bits of the Sharpe world and characters in a single book.

It really felt like seeing an old friend again and that perhaps you almost couldn’t resist writing one more for a character you know better than anyone. Bravo, I hope you have got one more to come!

Regards

Jeremy

Good afternoon Bernard.

I hope that I find you well. So thrilled at there being another Sharpe story and I was wondering if you indeed were thinking of more? It would be wonderful to be involved in the new generation of Sharpe readers and wear my greens again.

The last time i think we met was at the S.A.S Birthday bash a long while ago and hope once more to meet you again. Living in Cornwall has Its advantages and disadvantages but I hope you make your way here sometime on a book signing etc.

My Father would have loved the fact that you have brought Richard Sharpe back again.

I have nights at the book as yet as busy with a Counselling course which I hope to pass this year after ten years of study.

Thank you for your wondrous stories, our house is like a book shop..

 

Most grateful regards

 

Joe Beer

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I wanted to tell how grateful I am for your novels but realized it is hard for me to find the right words (especially since english is not my native language). But I am a big fan of the Sharpe series and Saxon stories, I also enjoyed reading the Warlord Chronicles and some other of your books. At the moment I am reading "Battle Flag" (translated into russian). Can I just say that the Starbuck Chronicles are absolutely terrific and magnificent?! The protagonist is somehow different from some of your other main characters from other series, contradictory and vivid, and I was able to empathize with him quite much.

A few days ago I felt upset (personal matter), but then I reached the moment when Patrick Lassan helps Starbuck to escape from the Yankees at the end of "Copperhead". I was SO HAPPY to realize that Lassan was Sharpe's son!!!! Could not stop smiling for the whole afternoon. So thank you very much, your books are what I live for.

I hope that you are well and happy.

Liza

Dear Bernard

I thought you might find this podcast episode on the Siege of Charlestown in the American Revolution as of possible interest to listen to

http://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2022/05/arp247-siege-of-charleston.html?m=1

Geraint

Mr. Cornwell,

 

I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I have enjoyed reading the Sharpe’s series. I have just finished reading through the entirety of the series for a second time and loved every minute of it. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Sharpe’s Command when it becomes available.

 

Thank you for writing such an amazing character and book series. Keep up the amazing writing.

 

All the best.

Brad Marcoux