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Hello Mr Cornwell,

Don't worry, no manuscript here.

I have been listening to The Last Kingdom on tape and I wanted to thank you for writing such a wonderful series. I have been surprised how much the story has touched me (and made me glad that I don't live in ~900 AD England). I don't want to blow smoke up your ass, but I wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed your art.

Best,

Terry

Hello Mr. Cornwell,

I am a cadet at The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina.

I was introduced to the television series Sharpe Just days ago and I have absolutely fallen in love with it.

I’ve read that it was filmed in Crimea, and I wonder if I may have to go there myself soon.

Thank you for writing these stories that have inspired me. I hope to read them as soon as I am able. Maybe I could have them signed in person someday.

God bless you for your work sir. It’s inspired me.

Henry-Harrison Clarke

Dear Bernard

Besides Peter Cozzens book, this YouTube documentary might also be of interest. Tecumseh and Brock made an incredible team at Detroit in 1812

https://youtu.be/cH-T2aY4DPY

Geraint

Dear Bernard,

I hope you will see this. I just wanted to let you know that I am on your fourth book of the Last Kingdom series and have read them all so far within less than four weeks. They have been the highlight of my day to read and my love of Saxons and vikings have been reinforced by your excellent story telling. Through a sad few months in my life your stories have been my support and I thank you greatly. I refuse to watch the tv show until I’ve finished all the books and have imagined the characters in the way you’ve described them! But I will certainly watch it afterwards. I cried at the end of the third book as Ragnar got his revenge and Thyra was finally rescued. Tears of happiness. You are the only author to make the reader sometimes dislike the main character for his actions whilst still adoring the journey he leads and the relationships he makes. I adore these books. Thank you again,

Francesca.

 

Dear Bernard,

Firstly, please forgive my familiarity, but being a follower of both Sharpe and Uhtred, I feel like I know you well enough to be so.

Since I was old enough to hold a book I've had a love affair with history. I have fond memories of my Ladybird books and the adventures we used to share. In my adult cycle, your two aforementioned heroes have filled that void. For that I would like to send you my sincere gratitude.

I'm currently approaching the end of my journey with Uhtred. We only have 250 pages left to travel. I will miss my time with him: it has been an epic journey.

I hope and pray to all the old gods that he exhales his last breath stretching for Serpent Breath. If not, I will probably never cast my gaze over your tomes ever again. The disappointment would be too great to bear.

Having said that, thank you once again for the endless hours of joy your literature has provided me with.

Kind regards

Rick McElhone

Hello Mr. Cornwell,

I've read most of your books and just wanted to let you know how thoroughly I've enjoyed them.  Your Arthur trilogy is, without the question, the best work of fiction I've read in my 50 plus years.  I greatly enjoy reading the questions and responses on your web site, and have seen a few suggestions for book subjects which I'd like to enthusiastically support: Robin Hood, ancient Rome, or a follow on to the Gallows Thief.

Thanks again for everything you've done.  I'm sure there are thousands of others like myself whose lives you've made much more enjoyable through your writing.

Joe Reiss

Thank you for so much enjoyment over the past 20 or so years from when I first found your books. You ignited an interest in history that I did not know I had. As a geography teacher especially! I can’t help but follow the places you mention:)

Kent

I just completed thoroughly enjoying my old friend Richard Sharpe's latest adventures and wanted to thank you for the pleasure it gave me.  Having read all your books over the years, most of them more than once, I am now long time retired.

There is no reason for you to remember, but we met once many years ago in Williamsburg, Virginia where I have lived in retirement for more than 30 years.  You were in the bookstore on Duke of Gloucester Street to publicize one of your then new  Starbuck Chronicles books.  I showed up with a bag containing all my prized hardback editions of the Sharpe novels written to that time.  You very patiently and kindly signed them all and annotated the Starbuck book I had just purchased indicating the French officer observer as being of Sharpe's lineage.

All my Sharpe's books and others that I owned now reside in the libraries of my two sons.  As their busy lives permit, they also enjoy your fine tales.  I look forward to further stories of Sharpe, for as you well know there are still more Sharpe's adventures that need to be told.

Lt. Col.(Ret) Michael J Brown

I've just finished Sharpe's Assassin, I decided to reread the whole series before starting the new one and it was worth the wait, it's a fantastic story.

But I have one request, please find a way to revisit Sharpe and repair his friendship with Sweet William, it's like an untended wound and needs dressing. Maybe also reunite Sharpe with Antonia, both he and she deserve it.

But mostly thank you for providing me with such excellent reading over the years through all your books.

Thanks

Adam

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

My wife surprised me by giving me a copy of "Sharpe's Assassin" for St. Valentines Day. I hadn't read a Sharpe novel in years, but have read every Uhtred novel.  I forgot how much I like Patrick Harper. Maybe it's my Irish heritage but it is nice to know that my favourite heroes have an Irishman watching their backs. There is a little Finan in Harper and a little Harper in Finan. While waiting for the next season of Last Kingdom I suggested to my wife that we re-watch Sean Bean take on the French.  She said she would. Thank you for entertaining me and teaching me a little history at the same time.

Thanks,

Mr. Neeson