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Hard to breathe. Getting dark, dizzy. Can't hold out much longer. Must have more Starbuck!
Mike Kvetan

Suggestion for a possible future book theme: BRIAN BORU 11th. C. Irish high king and the Battle of Clontarf. Quite a dramatic story and would, in some ways, complement your work on Alfred the Great. le dea-mehin, WRKenny

I'm the historian for San Juan Island National Historical Park (Washington State), home of the "Pig War." Over the last 14 years I have become an Anglophile while writing three little histories of the event and the diplomatic shenanigans attendant to it. Along the way my late partner and bookseller handed me a copy of Sharpe's Regiment. Not only was I hooked on the series, but you also gave me some valuable insight into British military culture. So...I've had a good time and help at the office in the bargain. Your characters surmount the odds, boudoir or battlefield, and we all want that. My favorites: Sharpe's Trafalgar (hyperbole aside, rivals anything by O'Brian or Forester), Sharpe's Regiment (love you, Susan), Sharpe's Devil for the historical figures Cochrane, O'Higgins, and yes, Bonaparte (I keep loaning this one and end up having to replace it) and finally the Thomas Hookton books. Azincourt was also a splendid read, though I confess I bought it at Costco. Bravo and keep them coming. Ranger Mike

No response necessary. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Julie Gee

absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the grail quest / Arthur books and saxon stories as well as Stonehenge please keep them coming is there any chance of you writing faster? I still have Azincourt to read yet so you have a bit of time! many thanks to your brilliant skills as an author and for helping me live a second life in history.
Mark Pitcher

Dear Mr Cornwell, I would like to thank you for the works of art that are your books.I don't think I've ever enjoyed a book as much as the Sharpe series or Saxon stories. I do love the fact that your not afraid to get 'gritty' in your writing style. There is only one complaint I have to make and that is the Sharpe television series. I know you are probably not involved in the making of the the films I do think if any other of your books are made into films they should be better done. In your books Waterloo is described as thousands of men in the french columns ready to smash the thin British line,but in the series it looks like closer to thirty. I just feel that if any other books are televised they should do justice to the books. Thank you and I'm looking forward to the next Saxon Story!

Tom Wheeler

hi Bernard, just finally finished reading all the Sharpe novels,all I can say is fantastic. Being in the armed forces myself I really find it interesting seeing what life was like for my predecessors, as believe it or not even in the army we don't really delve much into our history apart from ww1 or ww2 but I find it quite sad that we have no official remembrance for the end of the peninsula wars. After reading your books and watching the tv series I read up on various other sources e.g Wellington years by Elizabeth Longford and Mark Urban's The Rifles,Which led me to search into my own family history and found I had a great,great,great grandfather who died near Corruna although that's as much as I can find out. But had it not been for the Sharpe books I dare say I would never of even been interested in the days of the musket. so thanks again. p.s I know you don't take Sharpe ideas but I always thought it would have been a nice ending if it ended with Sharpe being knighted hence going full circle and I can see Wellington calling out hurrah or something like that... oh well thanks again, Jason.

You are the best author.
Victor M. Silva

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I was wondering if you ever came to Brazil. I am really sure that if you did so, you would know that you have a lot of fans here. By the way I am reading The Saxon Stories now, and of course I am really enjoying it. Thank you for so many hours of entertainment!!!!!
Mauricio Ferreira

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I grew up reading the books my father read: Alistair MacLean, Louis L'Amour, Clive Cussler, Patrick O'Brien... My father loved adventure stories and I idolized my father. Somewhere along the way, I quit reading these types of books. I was just 'too busy.' Two years ago, my dad gave me "The Last Kingdom" and insisted I would love it. I put it on a shelf and forgot about it until he died a couple of months later. I finally picked it up and read it, and I must confess to tears as I accompanied Uhtred into the shield wall. I have since defended a hilltop against a French onslaught, sailed the Pucelle into Trafalgar, and summoned the gods with Merlin, just as my dad did. Thank you for books, which have quickened my lost love of adventure and are my beloved father's final gift to me. Thank you.
Mike Ozmun