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Mr. Cornwell, I have read 38 of your books. I just finished Azincourt and was amazed at what a victory it was. I am waiting for The Burning Land and must read the more recent Sharpe books. I actually recommended to friends that they read alternately a Sharpe book then an Patrick Obrien book. That would give you the land and the sea efforts of the British who probably save the world from an evil tyrant long before Hitler. All of the Cornwell books have thrilled me and I can't say which series I loved best. Grail series and the Saxon series are very high on the list however. Where will you go next??? Long life to you sir. Edward Lancaster

Bernard: Came across an article on "BLUESTONEHENGE" In National Geographic. Thought you'd be interested -- even after all these years. Please more Strabuck after the Revolution work. Thanks. Scott

I have just finished reading the entire Sharpe series which I enjoyed immensely. My wife, pausing from reading her Georgette Heyer book, commented that the character of Richard Sharpe was a bit fanciful. After grumbling around the house for a few days I remembered the AIF soldier Albert Jacka who in WW1, came close to Richard Sharpe (with less bodice ripping). (See http://www.awm.gov.au/people/226.asp. Thanks for the good read
Steve Drummond

Sorry, but just another fan of your work gushing on about how he enjoys your books. Look forward to the next. Cheers, David

Mr. Cornwell, I am a big fan of your work. The Saxon Stories especially. I have all the books, and the audio CDs, and have enjoyed them repeatedly. I was very excited to hear that you had released another Saxon Story, and ordered both the book and the CD from the UK. (It is not yet available in the States). I am very disappointed, however, that you have changed readers for your latest CD audio book, The Burning Land. The new reader has changed the pronunciation for every character and place. It is very sad to hear my hero, Uhtred, mispronounce his own name! Please continue to write Saxon Story books. However, please bring back the original reader, OR ensure the correct pronunciation is maintained. I thank you for reading my message, and apologize that my first communication with you is one of complaint. I assure you that you are one of my favorite authors, and thank you for making my life richer for your work. Yours, Casey Conwell

Dear Mr Cornwell, I read an article that you wrote about the war crimes at the Battle of Agincourt, I totally agree with it. I know this was a French historian that suggested this, applying 21st century morality on a 15th century battle. Nowadays I find there is almost no awareness of this country's great past, in anyone that left school in the last 20 years. A very old male teacher in junior school taught me about General Wolf & Wellington. This gave me a hunger for history, because most boys are interested battles not the spinning jenny & crop rotation . Now history taught in the UK seems to be way to PC & we are made to feel ashamed of our past. Is it like this in the USA now, or are they still proud their history. Will you have time to sign your latest book at the Tower of London?

Mark Stevens

Hello Bernard I have just recently started reading your tales of Uhtred to inspire me in certain areas for my own novel, I LOVE THEM, I read one in a whole day. So please to hear there is a new one out shortly. I will send you a copy of mine when its published. (she says clutching her Odin hammer round her neck)

Heather Crook

Hi Bernard, I wrote to you on here recently asking about unabridged Uhtred audiobooks and thanks to your swift reply managed to track them down. Thought I'd send a quick follow-up to say this is where you can get them if anyone else is interested http://www.bbcaudiobooks.com/libraries/default.aspx. One quick question: Any idea why the narrators are different from the first two books? I'm sure the new people will be great, but seems a shame not to have continuity. Anyway, cheers for taking the time to help me out, it is much appreciated. PS: Burning Land is ace, good work :) Ed Prior

Hi Never done this before but your books changed the way I saw "Historic novels", I am a big fan of Frederick Forsyth and Ken Follett, I used to read mainly thrillers, stories about spies and WWII novels. " Pillars of the earth" changed me in a way I couldn`t expect, one of the best books I`ve ever read, so I wanted some more and after some research I found your name and gave it a go. I started with the Arthur tales and you left me with a small tear in the end of Excalibur, I am sure thousands of people already told you how great it is so I won`t bother you no more, but the last words from Derfel "My dear Sir !" while he had tears in his eyes reminded mine own when I lost my brother some years ago; " My dear brother !". This was 2 months ago, after that I bought the 3 Graal books and 3 books of Saxon Chronicles, I loved them all, next Thursday I will have Swordsong and I can only regret that Portuguese edition might take too long for "The Burning land", a lot of money you forced me to spend. I love your stories, I love your characters, the way you describe dialogues is magical putting us in there among them, the feelings like rage or love or fear, everything is perfect and I can honestly say that in 2 months of reading you have become my favourite author. Thank you so much for your books and may God save your talent. Filipe Nunes from Portugal

Mr. Cornwell, Just finished 'The Burning Land'. The best yet! It was a long wait after 'Sword Song', but well worth that wait! Uhtred remains a fictional hero of mine (as was Derfel in the Warlord series. Very alike really). Your battle scenes in all of your historical novels (but especially this latest novel) take you to places where we can only imagine the terror, with your words bringing that sense of horror and excitement to our minds so much so that we can almost hear the noise and smell the smells of axe-play and shield wall in our comfortable chairs. No other author does this. You excel at bringing historical warfare to the reader, and long may you continue to do so. One can only surmise that you yourself were an early medieval Warlord in a past life! Can't wait for your next book.

Gary Poyner