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Hello Mr Cornwell, I would like to thank you for many enjoyable hours of reading ( or getting lost in other places ). You posses a style of writing I find is very unique. I have not found one of your novels that I have not loved. I haven't read so much since early childhood until I stumbled across your books. In which had re-ignited my early childhood fondness of reading. You have a way of captavating a reader and taking him/her to another place and time as if you are there yourself. Wonderful work and extreme Kudos to you sir. I hope one day to be able to attend a function where you are at to get my copies signed by you (which I own one of every work you have put out). Among all the Authors of this world, you in my opinion are the best in your style. Keep em' coming. My hope is to pass these novels to my son (if I am blessed with one )and have them inspire him as they for me. God Bless- A Devoted Fan Erik P.S.- I know you probably hear this all the time, but I too really miss Nathaniel Starbuck.

I would like to pass on my thanks to Bernard. I attended the book signing and talk that he gave in Southampton on Oct 10th and had a great eveninig , afterwards we cued to get our books signed and he very kindly signed all 31 books that I had brought with me. Please could you convey may best wishes and belated congratulations on his O.B.E. Many Thanks, Rob.

I have read and thoroughly enjoyed the Arthur trilogy. They werewithout doubt the best and most exciting books I have read(and I'm in my 50's).I just wondered if anyone had thought of making them into a film.I'm sure the books would lend themselves brilliantly to the big screen.If they were filmed exactly how they were written it would give a great new slant on Arthur.The books are very atmospheric and the battle scenes actually make ones heart beat faster.I have read several other of your books (Stonehenge etc) and like your style of writing.Keep up the good work. Regards, Bob Barkess.

Mr Cornwell: Finished Sharpe's Fury a few minutes ago and noticed you are living on Cape Cod, another "wash-ashore" like myself. Have been reading your stuff for a long while, these days via the Sturgis library. Thank you for many years of enjoyment. Please continue doing that. D.V. Barnstable, MA

Mr. Cornwell, I am not much of a reader. In fact, I read maybe one or two books a year. I noticed the cover of the Pale Horseman at my friend's house and thought to myself, "Now there's a great image ffor a book." I read the first few pages and was hooked. I read the Pale Horseman, the Last Kingdom (yes, not in the correct order, but the enjoyment certainly wasn't affected), and the Lords of the North in 2 weeks. For some reason, I thought the Saxon Stories were a trilogy, so something happened to me which I have never experienced while reading a book. With about 40 pages left in the Lords of the North, I actually felt a sense of dread that this wonderful, exhilirating journey was coming to an end. Well, you can imagine my relief when I read the last line of the Historical Note. Thank you so much for Uhtred. And best (albeit selfish) wishes for many more Ragnarsonian adventures! (Glad to hear you have family on Vancouver Island.) Cary Chiu, Victoria BC

Dear Mr Cornwell I have just finished and thoroughly enjoyed Lords of the North, as a native of Northumberland (exciled to Wales) it probably had that greater resonance. However I really look forward to the return of Nathanial Starbuck, could you make it soon please. Kindest regards, Paul Wallace

Hi Bernard, Your may recall in a distant memory several years ago receiving a letter from a hotel in Sorrento in which I thanked you for making my holiday extra enjoyable having bought my first Sharpe paperback at the airport. I then had the pleasure of meeting you on your tour for the launch of Sharpe's Trafalgar at Wellingborough library in 2000 and look forward to again at some future date. But I'm put pen to paper (or digit to keyboard) to thank you for coming on another great holiday with me where I had saved Lords of the North and Sharpe's Fury to accompany me. I thought they were both great and I particularly enjoyed Fury as I went to the Costa Del Sol and felt I was only "around the corner" from the battles not being very far from the Cadiz region. We travelled into the mountains and crossed named rivers from the book, went to Gibraltar which was referred to on several occasions and it felt like I was there with Sharpe, but then I am in all of your stories. Thank you again for some wonderful writing, excellent stories and for making holidays extra special. I look forward to the next holiday (sorry, book) but will I have to wait until next September, according to Amazon, for your next publication? I hope its not that long but it will be worth the wait. King regards David Lightfoot

I finished a very pleasant task this past summer. Having read all the Sharpe books, randomly, I decided to assign myself the task of reading them all again, chronologically. I was stunned by the consistency of detail, the consistent and natural evolution of persons and places. Frankly, I think Sharpe journied once to many, to South America. But, whatever, it was a delightful summer of reading and I frequently evaded things I should be doing to keep up with Sharpe and Harper. My new task? To re-read your trilogies, in order this time. Thank you for hundreds of hours of intelligent entertainment. Robert Kent.

V I am a huge fan! I have a comprehensive collection of your work including all the Sharpe books, Starbuck, Grail Quest, Warlord Trilogy & Stonehenge and yet I am still disappointed. The story of Richard Sharpe finished with Sharpe's Devil, after which you continued to write Sharpe books retrospectively even going back to his days with the 33rd in India. These books were of course excellent, but my favourite series is actually the Starbuck Chronicles which seemed to me to end in the middle of a story with so much more of the civil war to be fought. I have now waited in vain for 10 years for the tale to continue and would be eternally grateful if you could return to Messire Starbuck in the not too distant future. Lastly I would just like to say that I thought the introduction of Sharpe's son into the storyline was a masterstroke and very ingenious and to thank you for uncountable hours of reading pleasure.
Graeme Collins

Dear Sir, I must congratulate you on a (so far) fantastic book. I am currently reading The Lords of the North and am just past page 88. I think that last night, while reading this book, I actually burst out laughing at one particular sentence. The sentence was to do with the carrying of St Cuthberts coffin, which was covered by a fine green cloth, and the discription of a raven flying overhead and "splattering the cloth with shit". It was just the way it was written, I couldn't stop laughing, it was such a random description of a seemingly unimportant event. It's genius and for some reason the image of a lone raven coming out of nowhere and covering this cloth with shit and the look of horror on the priests faces just has me in stitches. I congratulate you on a most masterfull piece of literature. If anyone is interested it is the middle of P88 of the UK hardback version. Great. Edward May