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Hi : Nancy and I flew to Potters Bar to see you and hear your talk about you and your books. BB RR AA VV OO !! We were thrilled to listen your story about you and your wife. By the way I also have a Pacifist, Vegetarian,Yoga practising wife. Nancy and I cracked up laughing over that remark. We still start laughing when someone mentions any of the above. WE LOVE IT! Thanks again for giving Nancy and me one of the best times we have ever had. Oh, and thanks for signing my book. The poeple who ran that Napoleonic fair were just great to us. We plan on attending next year if you are there. Will you be? Thanks again . Sincerly, Joseph Bielawski...aka...Ancient mariner

First off this is a great website. I am a sharpe fan and am working through the collection currentley enjoying Sharpe's Havoc.. However to me your best books, which I think are the best books ever written, are the Warlord chronicles. I came across these in audio book form and they were wonderfully brought to life by Tim Piggot Smith, but they were the abridged version so I bought the books and read them and have done many times since. Although Arthur is the hero it is Dervel who I admire most, whilst Arthur struggles with oathes Dervel follows his heart. To me right or wrong these are the definitive Arthur tales and though this is probably not the way it happened it should have been. My other favourite books of yours are Stormchild, Tim Blackburn not your usual hero but a great one and Gallows Thief, Rider Sandman is a fantastic charcter and I hope you will write about him again. Thanks for taking the time to read this I appreciate it. Yours, Rob.

I made Sharpe's Escape last as long as I could, but I've finished it now. It was everything I'd hoped for and once again you have delighted me. I've now read all of the Sharpe series twice (well, Escape only once so far) and everything else you've written except the thrillers once. Now I have to decide which series to reread next while I wait for The Last Kingdom. I notice it only seems to have a UK release date, but I'll swim there to get it if I have to. Thank you again, sir. Daniel Thomas

Dear Mr Cornwell, I have recently finished rereading Harlequin, and (being a traditional bowyer) your description and honour of the longbow is so accurate.(You have obviously done your homework) Which brings me to my question. Do/have you ever practised archery before? If not, I recomend it, the sport is very intriguing, personally I love the sight of a shaft and three feathers sticking out of the earth. -Amir

G'day Mr Cornwell. I'm not usually one to write letters or emails such as this, but I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for the many, many hours of reading pleasure, your writing has given me. Your books, in particular, the Sharpe series, have accompanied me on several operational deployments with the Australian Defence Force, and although they are now somewhat dog-eared, they sit patiently on my bookshelf, ready for the next one. Whilst I certainly could NOT say that Richard Sharpe makes a good role model for my fellow soldiers, I find the spirit of adventure and determination you have created with your characters a most admirable trait. I await Sharpe's next march eagerly. regards Dale McGrath PS-Patrick Harper's decendants could very well be Australian however...

Looking forward to reading about Uthred, since I am of an age and a Viking re-enactor. Having stood in a shield-wall with a score of others and faced down the like, wearing 35lbs of mail shirt and carrying a bloody great oak shield and hefty sword, I know it for the least part of the sweating, greasy-footed, panic-stricken hell it must have been. I have my own novel (about the Rus) in the making and hope to send you a copy one day! Meanwhile - thanks for all the rainy-day enjoyment.
Bob Low

I've been a fan of your books ever since I read Sharpe's Eagle after a friend's recommendation. I just picked up Sharpe's Escape at the book store yesterday and I'm really enjoying it. I just have one simple request though; please write another Starbuck book! Thanks for all of the great books. Charles Cone

Don't answer this. I just want to comment on your latest Sharpe book "Sharpe's escape." It's time Sharpe stuck with one woman, and I think Sarah Fry will suit. You should do something nice for her since her reputation is in shatters, she will probably never be able to get another respectiable job, and she has no money. You've made her a strong, interesting woman (and of course, attractive). Keep her. This is the opinion of a female fan.

Hi, I live in England and I'm 15. I first read 'Sharpe's Rifles' a few months ago and since then I have read many of the others in the series. I think they are amazing books; they really depict those terrible days of the Napoleonic Wars and they bring them alive. I am now reading 'Sharpe's Sword' but so far, my favourite is 'Sharpe's Tiger' because of the strong Indian culture presented in it. Thank-you very much. Sophie Wicks

After not reading novels for many years, for a variety of reasons, I have tended to lose track of writers that I like. Recently, during a long spell away from work I was browsing in the library when I happened upon the Winter King. Taken as much by the cover picture as anything I took it home and sat down to read. I have reputedly never been so quiet for so long. Sadly I have now read all the Arthur books, but enjoyed them enormously. Thank you very much indeed. Glenn Rogers