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I would just like to take the opportunity to tell you how much I've enjoyed your books. Just finished reading Heretic--hope that is not the last we hear of Thomas of Hookton. If I have any complaint, it is that just when I think I read all the Sharpe's books, you release a new one. Now there are ones I've not read, but because jacket design changes, I forget which ones I've read. I suppose the only solution is to do what I did with Patrick O'brian's book...read them all in chronological order all over again. An enjoyable penance for forgetfulness. Ron Moore

Hi Bernard, Firstly, I wish to just say that I have just discovered your books, and I am totally hooked. I was lent a copy of Sharpe's Tiger, which sparked my love of your work. Subsequently, I have gone out and purchased nearly everyone of your books - All the Sharpe novels, (apart from Sharpe's Escape - getting that very soon), All 3 of the Grail quest books, the 4 Starbuck chronicles, and Stonehenge. I usually have this impulse to buy all the books of an author that I like, as I work away from home during the week, and this gives me great pleasure on an evening, disappearing into another time and place. So, this is just a short note just to let you know that you have got another great fan of your works, and, who knows, if you decide to come to Leeds, I will hopefully get to meet you, and even get some signed. All the best Stuart

Dear Mr Cornwell. Just as a first note - I am from Zimbabwe in Africa - then the rest will make sense! The name Bernard Cornwell first reached my eyes about 5 years ago when my mother picked me up a book from a second hand book shop (called Books Etc.), it was called Excalibur... I read that book twice in a row... not wanting the story to end... I was so engrossed in the lives of the characters, my mind would often wonder to think what I would do if I was Derfel or Arthur. Little did I know there were 2 books before that! Well, this was only found out 2 years later when they finally reached Zimbabwe (3rd world...), except it was only Enemy of God that crossed the border... how did the story start I asked myself... I didn't care I would read them all again just if I got my hands on the first... but it was another 3 years before I left Zimbabwe and arrived here in Toronto, Canada that I got The Winter King. The books are amazing, thank you. They really capture you and take you away. And now im really looking foreward to The Last Kingdom!! Thanks again Lawrence Alvarez, Toronto, Canada

Sir Cornwell I'm a great fan of yours! I really love your books. I live in Brazil, and unfortunately here we just have The Arthur Books and The Grail Quest (which I've just finished to read, The Heretic have just been published here). I would like to buy your other titles, but my english is not good, and I really want to see them published in portuguese. Congratulations for you books. They have changed my historic view. In fact, they have changed my life. Thank you! Amanda Lima Rodrigues

Dear Bernard: I teethed on Churchill's Set of The 2nd World War, delighted in Mattingly's the Armada, enjoyed Forester's Hornblower Series, Enjoyed O'Brien' Commander and Captain even more for better filling out of his characters than Forester, and was recommended to your Richard Sharpe series by a friend in Minneapolis. I finished the Danish setting last week, and just finished "Havoc". I commend you for even better characterization than even O'Brien, plus great history along with it. I have been in both Denmark and Portugal and visited some of the places you mention, and will see more on another trip. I have ordered three of the VideoTapes of the Sharpe Series, and hope thay are as good. I have Escape to keep me occupied between writing a course outline on teaching, creativity, entrepreneurship, and management implementaion of problem solutions [for middle managers], and doing some cooking. I live near New Bedford, and have been semi-retired since 1989. I salute your work and look for more. Bernard Roth

Mr. Cornwell, just a short note to thank you for the many hours of enjoyment I've gotten from your books. As a civil war reenactor the Starbuck series was a special treat. I would like to extend an invitation to you, if you ever attend a reenactment in southern New England please look me up. I'm sure we could find some scraps of uniform and a musket. It might just give you the chance to hear the rebel yell, of course there's always the odd cup of something floating around. Best regards, 1st Sgt. Tom Kneeland, 4th Alabama/15th Mass.

After reading Harlequin, I entered this site to find details of the rest of the GrailQuest series, when I found the comment about no Sharpe-like stories from WW2. Not Schutzer Asche? Verdammt nochmal! Eddie Senior

Dear Bernard, As a very busy person I have delighted in being taken to such places as the Peninsular, India, "Arthurian England" and Europe of the Hundred Years War, by your super yarns. Recently I met a friend I hadn't seen for nearly thirty years. Imagine when, after a sort chat, he said, "Have you ever read any Sharpe books?" Thank you. Barrie Lees

I bought my first Sharpe book, Escape, two days ago and am not quite done reading it. But I sought out your website so I can personally thank you for writing it. I was absolutely filled with joy when I came to the bit about rifleman Dodd going missing. I discovered Forester's books when I was about thirteen (1953). They actually had a Hornblower radio show then that led me to the library. I soon read all of his books and have read several of them again in more recent years. Now I need to find a copy of Rifleman Dodd (American title) and The Gun and relive the excitement of my first reading of them. And, of course, I need to get the rest of the Sharpe books. I did read Gallows Thief and Stonehenge a few weeks ago. Thanks again. Larry Vanice

Mr. Cornwell, I have been on active duty in the U.S. Navy for 17 years and I have to say thank you. Your books have kept me entertained many lonely days and nights at sea. I have read every book you have written and would say that my personal favorite is the Warlord Chronicles. Keep writing and I will keep reading. Respectfully, HMCS(SW) David Selby