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I'm most of the way thru 'Sharpe's Fury' and enjoying it immensely -- but have one problem. There are quuite a few locations mentioned in this critical part of the book, but they're not on the maps. Please give us more detail in maps of the future. BTW the BBCA Sharpe series is super. George Hopkins (and wife Frieda) A-1 fans of Sharpe and company.

Dear Bernard, thank you for the books you have written so far & long may you continue to write. You have a rare & great talent not only to take actual periods of history & turn them into a believable story,you also create low born characters & put them into the centre of the action.This enables us the reader to see history unfold from the ordinary persons perspective & what the decisions of the elete few had for the many.Your writing has awakened my childhood interest in history.I am disabled & cannot read in the normal way,I "read your audio books".I always wait for the unabridged version which seem to be six months to a year behind the "normal" book & abridged audio book hitting the book shops.I know you will not have a lot to do with this side of your books being published. However perhaps you could answer this question. If the publisher can issue the abridged version of one of your novels @ the same time as the hardback.(I surmise it must take longer to abridge a book than just take the whole book & give it to a reader to read.)Yet as I have said you can wait for up to a year to "read" your latest novel.I did put this to a publisher(not yours).They just stated I could get the abridged version.However I believe that if an author has researched & sweated for whatever time it takes to write that book.Then I as a reader ought to take just a small amount time to read the whole book.I am sorry to "bang on"about this but it is very frustrating to see a new Sharpe or the 2nd or 3rd book in a series become available & not be able to read it.It really is like to people sitting down to eat a hot meal & one person being able to eat it hot & fresh & the other being told that they cannot eat thiers for a few hours.It is just not fair! You are such a good writer that when I have finished one of your books I am ready for the next instalment.I have just finished Crowning Mercy & it was so enjoyable I did not want it to end.So once more I just want to say a big thank you for putting pen to paper & doing it so well.
Stephen Ashmore-Hughes

I would just like to thank you for a wonderful summer of reading. I am disabled and spent this summer reading your books. I'm on my 15th book and must say I've enjoyed everyone more than any other author I've read this summer. My most favorite auther before I found your book "Archer' Tale" was Stephen Lawhead. You have surpased him. I'm working through all you books and am saving the Sharpes' books till last. I am a Civil war buff and enjoyed your Starbuck books more than I can say and wish that someday you will add to that series. You are incredable. Thank you again. John Fedkiw

I have read them all - your books that is. And I wait impatiently for your next. I can't say that about any other writer. I thank you and wish you well. I live in Brookline and I too am a writer, athough I stick to 30 second commercials and print ads. Thanks again for making every business flight a joy. David Register

I have read your books for some time,my personal favourites being the Winter King ,the Alfred series and the Harlequin series .Now mt crie de cour .Why oh why hasn,t someone made a decent film from them?
David JL Fleck

Bernard,(please forgive the informality)I was, it has to be said, not a great book reader but having now read all the current Starbuck books, The Grail Quest, 2 of the Saxon Stories, Stonehenge, and am now on the Arthur Books, I think that I can claim to be getting there. You are the instigator of this change for which I really thank you. Please continue with more medieval novels and I will continue becoming a book worm. Incidentally this may sound odd but I have not read one Sharpe book, probably due to it being on TV which I must say are great to watch. Mike Thomas

I am an avid reader of your books and am just about to start reading the Sharpe series in chronological order. These will keep me going while I wait for the third of the Last Kingdom series. Lately, I have been reading Simon Scarrow's Marco and Cato books. He is good but you are the master. Please keep your books coming thick and fast. Susan Shakespeare

Greetings, Mr. Cornwell. I read Tolkien almost exclusively and it was a pleasant suprise to pick up The Pale Horseman at the local bookmobile, of all places. This came at a time when a friend of mine passed away at a rather young age. ( 42 ) I searched for the rest of the series and now I am enjoying The Arthur Books. You must hear similar compliments of your work over and over again, but, to be honest, I didn't realize this unique brand of medieval warfare literature could exist. It is much more than believable, it is a place to visit when I have a cigar and become a spectator in a lost world. Thank you. Dan

I started reading books about 4 years ago and now Im coming on 40 years old (a lot of time to catch up on) the first book I read of yours was The Last Kingdom then I got The Pale Horseman and just on hardback The Lords of the North, what I would like to say is you have me gripped while waiting for the next one and I hope it will be within the next year to find out if he get this castle again? I have just started reading your Arthur books series, I love the way you write and I like the way you keep a story going over more than one book so please keep up the good work and maybe one day even at this late stage in my life I may start my own book series. Thank you very much for a good read and keep it up. Allan Lowson (England UK)

Dear Bernard, Am a huge fan of all of your novels but have recently been captivated by Uhtred's antics! The three books really are fantastic and must compete with the Arthurian trilogy as your best yet. However, please tell me that the story continues! I was under the impression that it was also a trilogy but it seems there is much more story to be told. Regards, Dr Alexis Tanner

I was just wondering if you intend to write further adventures of Uhtred and Ragnar. I have really enjoyed the series, not least because I am an 'exiled' Northumbrian, and have childhood memories of Bamburgh, Seahouses and the surrounding area. Keep up the good work. By the way I am just part way through reading Sharpe's Fury, and thoroughly enjoying it, as I have all the Sharpe novels. As I said keep up the good work, thanks, Bob Moffett.