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Been a long time since we've had a new book on Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper. Surely there must be a good story behind Sgt.Harper's nock volley gun.

Kevin Egan

Omg,'A Crowing Mercy' is breath taking, could read it a million times without getting fed up.thumbs up 2 Bernard.

Marinah Sikubwabo

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Cuthbert The Unnecessary, The Silent - Lover of cheese and maids with nice breasts (like two fawns).  While reading "Death of Kings," I came upon this character and felt a need to congratulate you on the introduction of this character--sort of like a Broadway audience spontaneously applauding a particularly well written and well sung ballad.  I've read your other books and enjoyed them all.  But these few pages stand alone.  Bravo!  Please don't let anyone slaughter this Cuthbert.
Jill Ferguson

I've read many books over the past few years and you by far take the gold, I have found myself reading the saxon stories and the arthur books twice. I was almost disappointed at the end of death of kings that I didn't have a book to keep going. When I read one of your books it gives me pictures in my head, its sounds crazy but I have my own version of how all the characters look and it makes me want more. So please don't make us wait too long for the end of Uhtred's story. Thanks for keeping my brain happy and busy.
Jennifer

Just a heartfelt thankyou for all the awesome books that I have read from you. I have spent many joyful hours reading the Sharpe, Grail Quest and Saxon series. Keep them coming!!!

Regards,
Todd
Australia

Dear Mr. Cornwell:

I've read most of your books! I'm hooked! I just finished the Starbuck Chronicles and am suffering withdrawal pains!
I'm fascinated with your ability to set a scene and tell a story. Your vocabulary, and your use of the English language is sophisticated without being pompous or condescending.I've tried to read you by skipping over certain descriptive passages only to find I missed the feel of the setting. How you imagine the unfolding of the story, I'll never know. Perhaps even you don't know.
By your output, you must work very steadily and hard. It's obviously a work of love.
As I look on  the book list to my right, the only things I haven't read are your thrillers and short stories. I guess I'll have to order them as soon as I finish this note.
Thank you for all your hard work
Sincerely
C Gadzinski

Dear Mr Cornwell,
I had read the first two of the saxon series sometime ago, and when the staffordshire hoard was discovered I remembered your description of the hurried burying of treasure.
Brilliant piece of historical writing.incidentally armed with an OS map, and clips from Time Team I found the field where it was found. Difficult now, but with imagination one can see why it was buried where it was-Roman Road, stream, contours.
Best Wishes.
Mike

Dear Bernard,

congrats on Death of Kings & The Fort. I'm a fan of all your novels but like many love the history novels. I've purchased & read all your books in my home country Australia & am now attempting to listen to as many of them as I can as audio books. This is proving problematic as there does not appear to be a coherant policy on what is released. I don't like and therefore won't listen to abridged versions of books. So far the Grail Quest and the Arthur novels are not available in full form audiobooks so I am denied the pleasure of listening to them. Irritatingly Lords of the North & Sword Song in the Saxon stories are only available in abridged form whilst all the others are in full format. Some of these perplexingly are available in full form elsewhere but not Australia. I understand there may be publishing areas but a long form book is a different product to a short form book and if a local publisher doesn't wish or is unable to offer that product I should be able to purchase it elsewhere. Currently through Audible this is not the case. The same thing happens with the Sharpe series. The 1st & 3rd books are available unabridged with the same reader but the 2nd book is only available abridged with a different reader. I whinge about this because I've found that listening to the books adds an additional element. I listened to the Starbuck novels in sequence and with an American reader giving the characters accents it was fantastic. I'm an artist so I spend a lot of time on my own in the studio so your books are company. If you could get the inconsistencies in the audiobook range sorted it would be marvelous. I read Death of Kings last summer - my Xmas present and am about to purchase it as an audiobook. My favorite reader for the Saxon stories is Tom Selwood. I've read & listened to Ken Follet's Pillars and enjoyed it immensely. I was disappointed with the mini series. In contrast the Game of Thrones TV series is great & does justice to the books
which I'm currently listening to. I agree with some of your fans that the Saxon stories would be great cable TV with each book corresponding to 12 episodes. Each Starbuck book could be 22 episodes. I like Sean Bean but I'm not convinced that that series has done justice to the Sharpe books. It looks like it needed more money & someone different for Sharpe & Harper. The first book I listened to was Sharpe's Eagle read by William Gaminara - years ago ( it was on cassette) & I still think he's an excellent reader. Anyhow I came on to this site because I wanted to see what comes next. I hope your well & busy writing. Cheers

Adam Fisher

Mr. Cornwell, when I was 15 I discovered Sharpe's Eagle at a Walmart of all places. Within two years I read all the Sharpe books. The only reason I did not read them faster was because I was in high school and I did not have the money to buy them all at the same time. After that I read the Starbuck Chronicles and Redcoat. Oh how I fell in love with your books, your characters. Today I am 23 years old. Because of Richard Sharpe and Nathaniel Starbuck, I became a soldier in the United States Army and I currently write this email from Afghanistan. Because of your books, today I have a bachelors of arts in history and political science. My senior thesis paper for history, I attempted to prove that after Wellington took over the Peninsular campaign, Britain no longer needed the assistance of the other coalition members. Yes, I am a geek. I just want to say Thank You, your books greatly influenced my life for the better. I look foward to purchase The Fort, and even though I am not
much of a fan of Medival history, I will give 1356 a try.

Thank You,
Jonathan Reiter

P.S. I am not a womanizer like Sharpe and Starbuck though

Dear Bernard,

I finished reading 'Death of Kings' earlier today.Many thanks for another exciting and informative chapter of the Warrior Chronicles. I keenly await the seventh instalment. And I wholly endorse your comment in the book's historical endnote that 'the story of how England came to exist is a massive,exciting and noble tale' which is badly neglected in the British educational curriculum. I was in full-time education in England from 1971 to 1984,between the ages of 5 and 18,and I was only taught about the Saxons and Vikings at primary school,when I was aged about 9.

The American Civil War is another important event in history that isn't taught much in Britain, and I've been waiting sixteen years to see whether Billy Blythe gets his comeuppance; so as far as I'm concerned, Starbuck and his can't start marching again soon enough:I'll definitely be there when they do.

With best wishes

John Clifford