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Thoroughly enjoyed your latest, Sharpe's Fury, as I have with a,ll the earlier ones. But having visited the site of La Barrosa on several occasions, including the official opening of the memorial to the fallen on 5 March 2003, together with local members of my History Group here in Nerja, together with the Royal British Legion, I was disappointed to read in your comment that "there is very little to be seen...these days". Obviously your friend Jonny Watt did an excellent job surveying "the old city of Cadiz" one of my favourite places here in Andalucia, but did not do justice to the battle site, if he did not tell you of the memorial, contrasting the various European countries represented on both sides of the fray, with the new millenium in a now united and peaceful Europe. I hope you will be able to visit this yourself one of these days, and that you will be able to create more adventures where Sharpe and Harper can march again. Best wishes, Dorothy Price. Meanwhile I hope that you continue to enjoy the better health that enabled you to complete the latest book.

Just reading through some of the questions that you get asked and noticed someone asked a question about an officer named Scovell you mentioned in Sharpe's Sword, and you were not sure where the name came from. He was the man who cracked the French secret cipher system, as told in Mark Urban's book 'The Man who broke Napoleon's Codes.' I would also like to thank you for the huge amount of enjoyment all your books have provided me over the years. many thanks, Phil.

Mr. Cornwell, Just a short and sincere thank-you for hours upon hours of time spent in Sharpe's and Starbuck's worlds; the first war based novels that I have read with absolute enjoyment and understanding. (The map(s) you publish are an immeasurable help.) Wishing you many more hours of healthy and happy writing! Thank you, Linda Carrigan-Deerfield

Love your books, emailed before, come to Old Marblehead MA. I'm a vol. tour Guide at the Lee Mansion. There is a English story to be told. I know you'll love it here. Settlers from the Channel Islands and Cornwall England 1631.~TeeCee

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I confess that I have no real motive to write to you; no questions to ask and no patronage to request. I would just like to say thank you for writing books that have offered me so much entertainment over the years. Yours Sincerely, David Richardson

Finally!!! Lords of the North has arrived. I've re-read the first two books of the series to get warmed up for this one. I've only gotten to the part when Uthred returns by ship to Northumbria, so I've got a long way to go. Beth Harrison

Hello, I fell into the Sharpe novels through the BBC series on DVD (I now own the complete set including the new one based on Tiger altered to allow sergent Harper to come along). Once I'd watched the series and found out that they were based on novels I had to read them...and am extremely glad I did. I'm finishing the series now (reading them in order) with only Battle and the Christmas short stories to go. I have enjoyed the novels immensely and especially your historical notes at the end. The film adaptations would have been much better had they stayed closer to the novels, but they are very well done for a made for TV historical series and are enjoyable in and of themselves. Meanwhile, I am very glad to see that you are planning to continue the series. I was surprised to see that you live in Chatham, MA since you are an Englishman primarily writing historical novels about English subjects. Chatham is a wonderful town; I have a cousin living there and I was stationed at the Coast Guard Station there in 1980-83. Best of luck to you and please keep the Sharpe novels coming...although as another fan said - a Sweet William book (or a Harper book) would be interesting to see. Slainte. Jeff Burton

Dear Mr. Cornwell I just wanted to write to tell you how loved your books are around the world. I live in Canada and am an avid history fan. I just got a hundred percent on a histopry exam about Alfred the great and I owe it mostly to the Saxon series. If you feel like sending a reply go ahead, I am a huge Sharpes fan. Justin Wright

I just wanted to drop a quick note and thank you for the fantastic latest edition to the Saxon Stories. I just finished Lords of the North and found it to be my favorite of the 3 books yet (and they are all exceedingly good). My mother, an American who has traced her lineage to the Danes and Normans who settled England between the 9th and 11th centuries, first introduced me to the Saxon Stories, and I have since also begun reading the Grail Quest series, and I have the Arthur Books & Stonehenge waiting to be read. Keep up the marvelous work! Peter Hendricks

Dear Bernard, Ive been reading your books for about 12 years now ever since my dad gave me a very battered copy of Sharpes Enemy to read inbetween sitting my GCSEs. Ive now pretty much read everything youve written my favorites being The Starbuck Chronicles, The Grail Quest and more recently The Saxon Series, Uhtred is by far my most favoite fictional charactor ever save maybe Lee Childs Jack Reacher maybe because they share some similar qualities. Anyway I would just like to say I cant wait for the next saxon book and this my sound abit morbid but every now and agian I find myself thinking that I hope you stay fit, healthy and well for a long time in to the future so that you can keep writting all theses great stories for us, I definatly want to know the end of Uhtred's story. I would also like to say that I think its great that you answer pretty much everyones questions on here, I normally log on every couple of days to see what other readers have to say and your replys always seem very up to date, with all your writting where do you find the time? I hope that I havent taken up too much of your time. Heather