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I would just like to thank you for giving me so much pleasure over the years. Sharpe, Arthur, Grail, Saxon, everything of yours has been wonderful and I continually reccommend them to others. I look forward to many more.
Tom McIver

Sharpe - see much of me in him - the anger,nay,the FURY! Were you ever in the Army? My email addy says what I am - 10Bn.The Parachute Regiment.In my sixties,but still PARA - loved the fight sequences - your arse going six pence - half a crown(remember that?)His inability to articulate his thoughts - until action hit the button - adrenaline ripping thru you,like an electric shock.Thought you allowed Wellington too much leeway in his dismissive attitude to Sharpe(or is it condescending??)who cares,Great stuff mate.Understand your foreword re:chancers sending you their script - please keep this email,as I state here, I have no intention of suing you mate - ever!Better,I will not sue you - ever! Bloody lawyers!Sharpe - purely LOVED the series - read the lot MANY times,and now a NEW one - you little tease...Also the Grail series - excellent again.Basically,all your books are excrement,but beautifully written!! HAHAHA! No offence - just joking - glad to be able to say Ta,very much mate,all GOOD reads,even got me bricking it at some points..you ARE a tease,aint you? Suspenseful writing - brill mate - great company on many a lonely night/day/holiday.Keep writing,and stay away from this tax-ridden speck in the Ocean.Pure misery here,at times - rationing myself to ONE chapter per day - to make it last,it eases the misery.HAHAHAHA! No need to reply,just GLAD to say - thank you mate-for some great reads,happy for you too - hope all's well with you,and ENJOY! Cheers Dave.

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I realize you probably get inundated with hundreds of emails a day and more than likely don't have time to read them all, let alone answer them. so I'll try and make this short. I just wanted to say thankyou for introducing me into the world of literature. I'm 25, a sales manager for a hydroponic centre in Staffordshire, England, and up until I found an old copy of Sharpe's Company on my father's bookshelf, had absolutley no interest whatsoever in sitting down and reading a book. Being both bored and curious, I decided to open the book I'd found and see if I could kill some time.....it's now 12 months later and I've worked my way through your entire series (currently engrossed in the first half of Sharpe's Fury which I was given for Christmas). Since reading your books I've found myself hunting down other titles I've heard mentioned and quoted, I've started collecting first editions (Ulysses, Brave New World and Nineteen Eightyfour amongst many, many others), I've found myself making time and excuses just so as I can reopen a book I have started, just so I can reenter a world I didn't even know existed until I first found a book that you'd written called Sharpe's Company). Your work has both educated and inspired me more than words can convey. So once again, thankyou. Simon

Dear Mr Cornwell, This is such a great website. Thank you for being so welcoming and having time put aside for your many fans. I have been a reader of your stories for many years. For some reason I was unable to get into the Sharpe series until recently. I now can't put them down. I think it is my need to read in chronological order that has hindered me. I love history and historical fiction and appreciate the history notes at the end of your stories. I am a Primary school teacher in Australia and try to enstill into my students the importance of stories and history. Thank you for doing what you love so well and sharing it with us. Being in a highly litigious career I understand what you have written on your website and appreciate your friendly honesty. I taught in the UK for 18 months and this just reinforced my love for history. The English preserve their history well. Thank you once again. Stephen Josey

I agree with many posters that I would like to read of Derfel's passing, but the series as it is has a nice completeness - as well as mystery. Sometimes it may be better to speculate. I'd have to say that Derfel is one of my favorite characters, probably because of his situation, and the many details left unsaid about exactly how he wound up there and what happened to him. Personally, I believe he had the last laugh. In other books, I particularly enjoyed bumping into Rifleman Dodd. C.S. Forester's great book has always been a favorite. For a while I wasn't sure he was the same guy, but sure enough, so he is. Cape Cod could be the setting for any number of great novels in a number of historical settings. Another Revolutionary War novel in and around the Cape would be very nice. Thanks for some great reads. Steve Sease

Dear Mr Cornwell, I'm an Italian guy, my neme's David Sesto, I'm 26 years old and I live in Florence where I work in a bank from six years. I've discovered your book 4 years ago when I buy the first book about Sharpe. Then I have read all books publish in Italy (in these days will be publish "The Last Kingdom"). Today I will end the last book about "The Grail Quest" Heretic! Thomas of Hookton is a great character! I hope in Italy will be publish all your books, when I read their the time is stopped, I imagine to be there, I heard the clang of swords, the smell of gunpowder. It's Fantastic! I'm sorry for my english that is not good... Happy Christmas, Bernard, and Happy new Year, you're my favourite writer... David Sesto Ps. CALIX MEUS INEBRIANS

Dear Bernard Cornwell, Steve, 18 Dec 06, asked if /when Lords of the North and Sharpe's Fury would be available in Australia. I can confirm that both are in bookshops (and I have bought them. Much of your backlist is also available, and any could be ordered in by any decent bookseller. I mentioned earlier that I was looking for the Winter King, but have found a second hand copy in Sydney. Thanks for your advice on finding a copy. Am enjoying Sharpe's Fury. Poor guy, bad luck with his serious women, (good luck with non-serious ones) nearly bled to death in Sharpe's Gold, seriously wounded by Lucille before falling for her and now a depressed fracture of the skull! I wonder that anyone survived in those days, especially in the military/navy. I guess that those who got to 20 or so, more or less unscathed, had excellent immune systems and constitutions of iron. Elizabeth Smith

I am thoroughly engrossed in the Saxon stories - when do you anticipate publishing the next one? Read Lords of the North as soon as it was available - loved the Grail quest and the Arthur books - have read them all! Regards Sandra

Mr. Cornwell, I love all your books that I have read (haven't gotten around to the sharpe series yet) and you quickly became one of my favorite authors alongside David Gemmell, Louis L'Amour, Orson Scott Card, etc. The reason I was contacting you is to let you know that I had formed a fan club for you on Myspace. http://.groups.myspace.com/cornwell. I just thought that you should know, and hoped that some other fans who might not know about it as of yet might like to join. Thank you, and I can't wait for more Starbuck and Uhtred! Yours truly, Jason Crowson

Hello Bernard, just wanted to let you know that here in Perth, Western Australia I too cannot get enough of your books. I have devoured them frantically since the "Tiger". Now I cannot find one I have not yet read ... please write faster, and more, and faster. And seriously, it's important that you recognize when to conclude a series, even though we yearn! It's a great way to have us! Linda Mortimore