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Dear Mr Cornwell, My mother-in-law bought me what has proven to be the best Christmas present I've ever received this year, that being the four books of your 'Saxon Stories'series. Well, it's now the second of February and having finished the last of the four books last night, it's now unfortunately looking like I'm finally going to have to get back to concentrating on my own work again! I am an airbrush artist and have long had a fascination with the Danes and particularly the Viking Danes. Having spent four years of my youth in York and now living in Orkney, both heavily steeped with Viking history I found your books particularly enthralling. I have been planning for some time to start work on a project based on the Vikings, but now having read and seemingly lived so many of the scenes so excellently described in your books, I now feel ready to start putting some of those images into some artwork. To say that I thoroughly enjoyed your books is an understatement on a massive scale. Though I suspect that my wife will be highly delighted I've finished them, as now the reading lamp won't be on until the early hours every morning as it has been for most of the nights since Christmas. Thank you for your wonderfully descriptive writing and for the huge amount of information imparted in your writing. It seems I'm just going to have to read some of your other books until the next stage of Uhtreds saga is completed. So, much to my long suffering wifes frustration, I strongly suspect that the reading lamp will likely be burning the midnight oil again very soon! Best Regards Jim

..Family in 42nd Royal Artillery, so yank school asked me: "Why didn't the British fight better?" (good question, answered well in your "Red Coat." The ambiguous pro American sentiments(Howe) the Bitchy dourness of Sir Henry...Gentleman Johnny..But I answered.."Stinking weather, too few too far from home, and 'win' what ??? I knew well the British soldier thought he could take Georgie any bad day, wanted to fight on after Yorktown. (He's the one, paid for letting 'Georgie' off at Sandy Hook)...(were you a consultant for the "Patriot'?? It was obviously lifted from 'Red Coat' you well should have been Sir.)I believe 'Red Coat' is one of the finest literary works since Marlowe's 'Edward ll' I own two copies- should be re-issued some day Sir..Thanks M'Lord very very best..(and called it Macaroni)

Torribaxter

Dear Mr. Cornwell, Thank you for writing the Sharpe novels. I have enjoyed them immensely and reread them often. I had to retire early because of a stroke five years ago. Once my eye sight came back I was able to read again. I am very grateful to still have the ability to read! Sharpe was and still is wonderful 'therapy' for me. Best wishes to you. Sincerely, Al Pernisek

Mr. Cornwell, I writing in thanks to the countless hours you devote to weaving your tales. I have read them all voraciously. My only regret is that I read faster than you write! I mean that in the warmest sense. My grandmother was Mary Lee Settle, founder of the Pen Faulkner award for writing. I very much look forward to your future works. Thank You, Nicolas Weathersbee

Dear Mr Cornwell, Having just finished university I embarked on my first overseas holiday this year. In a fortuitous coincidence, I bought The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman right before I left. What a treat then to discover that the story ventures into York and Durham, two places I visited during my holiday. Your books are so evocative of the times and places you describe, it really added to my experience of those places. Anyway, I am just about to finish Sword Song, and I have Azincourt waiting for me in my book case. I'm glad to hear there will be a fifth Uhtred book, so I won't hold you up any longer... Kind regards. Carla.

Bernard, I just finished Agincourt. Its absolutely your best to date! I purchased the Easton Press leather bound Sharpe books for my sons last birthday. You are becoming a part of our family. Agincourt would be another one to publish in leather and it deserves a huge production movie. The thing I enjoy about your writing is that it leads to further study on your various subjects. Between you and Conn Iggulden, my resource library is running out of space. I wonder how one goes about nominating a person for knighthood.
John O. Thurston

Sir, I just finished reading, for the second time, your superb "Azincourt", wonderful. I did get a slight sense of deja-vu, (or maybe that should be avant-vu), at the character of Sir Martin who seemed to have stepped straight out of the Sharpe series when he was then called Obadiah Hakeswill! Still, I suppose you can't keep a good villain tucked away! Best regards and many thanks for such great writing, Graham Bradbury

Mr. Cornwell, Many thanks for the calling out a few books on the lives of the Anglo Saxons and Weaponry. You noted: 'The Anglo-Saxons' edited by James Campbell, adding that the bibliography may lead to other books. You also noted: 'Viking Weapons and Warfare' by J Kim Siddorn. I have these and have read them (well, much of them) and am using them to learn more about the people and the times. They have been GREAT and continue to help satisfy my curiosity of the period. I also picked up Alfred the Great by Alfred P. Smythe and also Asser's original version. I am knee-deep in those. If I may, I would like to point out a text covering the span of the Dark/Middle Ages. The text is 'The Dictionary of Medieval Civilization' by Joeseph Dahmus. The book is an alphabetized listing of people, places, events, wars, conflicts, common names, noble names, etc. followed by concise explanations of origin, definition, and connections with others. I found one of the 'Eberhard(t)s', (one of my Paternal Ancestors), as well as some of my Danish and Scottish Ancestors...not to mention tons of other fantastic and interesting information... I am actually reading it as if it were a novel, and find that I have a difficult time putting it away. Yes, I am a geek. Thanks again and best wishes, Shawson Hebert

Dear Sir, I really like to read your books. It enjoys me a lot. Unfortunately I'd like better reading in Portuguese. Here in Brazil we don't have all your books published. And that's a problem. Would you mind telling your publisher to do something about that? I'll really appreciate. Thanks, Christian de Freitas

Dear Mr Cornwell I would just like to thank you for the pleasure your books have given me. Over the past six months I have read the Saxon Stories and also the Grail Quest series. If only your books had been around when I was at school I would have done a lot better at history. Your books truly fire up the imagination which is I think an essential part of education. I was a bit reluctant to embark on the Sharpe stories mainly because of the high quality of the television series, I need not have worried although I still have the picture of Sean Bean in my mind whenever I'm reading. I have spent the last week in bed with a bad cold and did Trafalgar in two days. As a one time illustrator, the picture you painted in words would be hard to beat! Thanks again for bringing so much enjoyment Bernard, more power to your elbow. Regards Terry Hadler East Hendred Oxfordshire.