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Bernard
I am a recent 38 year retiree from the US Army, were I served as a combat helicopter pilot. My fellow pilots are all fans of your Sharpe’s Series, as we all wished for a simpler battlefield than the one we fought on. While on active duty, I injured my eyes and thus have turned to mp3 audio books. That’s when I discovered your Saxon Series of e-books. Thank you so much for making them available on audio-a lot of authors won’t.
Best
Razorback 7 / CW5 Retired

I want to let you know that you are one of my TOP authors.  I especially enjoyed reading the Saxon Stories, but other titles too!

Thank you for the reading enjoyment!

Regards - Jim

Hello Sir.

Anxiously awaiting Uthred's next dilemma and solution! I so enjoy your Saxon work and the Arthurian stories as well. Mayhap one day you'll do a story from the Scottish side of things? You create the British historical tapestry like no other, and prehistorical too as I am now reading Stonehenge. Please do keep writing sir...
cheers,

Mike Waddell

Read several of your books in the past.  Just finished the Grail Quest Series,  what an enjoyable ride.  Now that it's done, will have to move on to another series. Thanks for many enjoyable hours.  I still hold onto the books, no kindle for me.
Gene Sherwood

Dear Mr. Cornwell

I happened by chance to pick up "Harlequin" in a pokey old bookstore in London Ontario (love those stores, I could easily spend all day there and come out with an empty wallet), and brought it along one day when I knew I would be whiling away some time. My late husband had a meeting with colleagues, and I would need to wait in the car for a few hours.. We then would travel on to a weekend destination.

So there I sat, completely and totally engrossed in your book, which I hugely enjoyed. The hours flew by and when he returned he was very surprised to hear me say, "You're back already?" He was disconcerted to realize that I was firmly stuck in the 1300s, and I confess that he was not entirely pleased that I "had my nose in a book" all weekend! But he forgave me, as he knew his displeasure would not make one whit of difference to me while I was still reading.

I have never forgotten that story, and as a result, back in winter of 2000/2001 I became a collector of any and all Bernard Cornwell books I could find. Twelve years later, my library has grown to about 1900 books, and your titles hold a place of honour. I have most of the Sharpe books, the Saxon Stories, The Grail Quest, and many others.

Unfortunately they are all currently packed away and in storage, as I have sold my house and am a "transient" right now. But I look forward to the day when I will come across those boxes of treasures and sit, surrounded by mayhem, and once again start reading those marvelous medieval tales.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for sharing your gift.
Thea H

I never used to read books until my dad introduced me to you. He let me read the ''Warlord Trilogy" and ever since then I've been fixed. Your Saxon stories are amazing and "Azincourt" WOW!. The Arthur novels are still my favourites though. This is more of a Thank You than any thing as you've got me reading not just yours but other peoples such as Giles Kristian and Angus Donald. So Thank You. You are always going to be the King of historical Fiction.
Ian Pearson

I have just finished reading Agincourt which was given to me by a friend who is now deceased.  I am just sorry that my grief from his passing delayed me reading your book.  It was throughly wonderful.  My friend had every one of your books and it was in his last year that he encourged me to read your books.  I will now go and start reading them

Ruby Curtis

Mr. Cornwell,
Last year I found one of your books in our library here in Southern Indiana and haven't been able to stop reading you!! I love history and I love the way you incorporate it in your books! You are my favorite author, and I have been an avid reader since I was a child.
I am an amateur genealogist and have traced my ancestry back to the Norman invasion. This is unsubstantiated of course, it is hard to verify things, but an ancestor of mine was a Norman night and was rewarded with a lordship in Whepstead, Suffolk County and is mentioned in the Domesday book. I would very much like to see your style of writing in a book or series about the Norman invasion and consequences.   I think it would be very entertaining!
Also, I have Scots-Irish ancestors that traveled to the Haag to join with William of Orange for his bid for the throne. Three Sturgeon brothers were involved in that and the Jacobite wars. Two of these brothers was in the siege of Londonderry where one of them died. I would like to see you write about these things as well.
At any rate, I really enjoy your work and wish you well, and many more volumes, (especially of Starbuck)
Robert E. Sturgeon

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I reorganized my bookshelf this morning, and counted 17 of your books on the shelf!  I am writing mainly to express my immense appreciation for the pleasure I have gotten from multiple readings of these books.

I am a retiired industrial research chemist (43 years with Procter & Gamble) and I have one book of my own (on physical chemistry).  I am learning more about history by reading your books; this has become one of my principle avocations.

Being a professional researcher has made me conscious of the level of accuracy in the things I read.  History books from an earlier day do not have a terribly good record in this regard; they are often biassed and inaccurate.  But one of the reasons I have so many of yours is that they all stand up remarkably well in this regard.  Now, one can check such matters by reference to Wickipedia articles on the subject, and I congratulate you on your attention to such matters.  You rank with David McCullough here; I have a high regard for him also.

So thanks, again..

Robert G. Laughlin

Hello sir,

I've been a longtime reader of your work and have enjoyed everything I've read by you. Between you and the late George Macdonarld Fraser, I've spent many hours reading, and loving historical fiction. I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for the excellent work. I'm in college studying battlefield archeology and just returned home from a 6 week field school in Connecticut and Rhode Island working sites from The Pequot War and King Phillip's War. On my way back home to Texas, I decided I hadn't quite gotten my fix for battlefields, so dediced to stop at Gettysburg, Antietam (or as we call it in the south, Sharpsburg) and Harper's Ferry. Just before I left for field school in CT I read your Starbuck books, and I would like to say, that you captured the landscape and scenery of Harper's Ferry, and Antietam absolutely brilliantly. Keep up with the excellent books! Along with my trowel, my tape, and my kit, I like to keep a copy of one of your books close at hand while
in the field.

Many thanks,
Cameron Stewart