Mr Cornwell, how can I say other than all of your books fascinate me except the “modern novels” I think your characters blend into history to such an extent that the reader feels the time and place. I am from the North East of England and many is the time I have cycled past the Bamburgh Castle area, reading the Saxon Novels takes me back into the area with ease. From Sharpe to Stonehenge I have to date collected all the books and am now on my third read of the Saxons, almost finished Swordsong again. We believe our family arrived in the UK just before the Norman Conquest and have part traced family from Kent to Eire and back to the North East where one of our ancestors was hung for being a Catholic after supporting the Cavalier Cause. Spent some years at sea as a Marine Engineer and got to see the world in fair detail. Even now when I see a particular place on the TV the smell is as real as the time of the visit. Keep writing those great books, you are one of 4 authors I can read over and over again. Best wishes Ernie Terry.