Dear Mr Cornwell Thank you so much for the great books you have written, I have read all your series and enjoyed almost all of them and am a huge fan of the Warlord chronicles and Sharpe (not such a great fan of Heretic) I understand you may have had some problems and very poor experiences with Christians in the past but why are we all portrayed in such a bad way? Judging from your responses to many of the questions on this topic you have implied not just that you hate Christianity but you are not fond of Christians full stop despite the fact that many of us are keen readers of your wonderful books. The only christian that had any redeeming character in your books was Galahad but all the rest are self righteous, snivelling, corrupt , evil men. I assure you not all of us are Sansums, Erkenwalds or Assers. In fact a lot less I think than you suspect. I am not naive to know that these characters did not exist and am aware that many people used religion throughout history for their own ends, God allows free will but these men did not represent God. I will shut up now and so once again thank you for your wonderful books. Regards Alex

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I first read your warlord chronicle books when I was in high school, probably 9 years ago. Though the overall story was about Arthur, I found that my favorite personality in the book was Derfel. Then a few years elapsed and I found The Last Kingdom, and have since read all four books as they have been released. After finishing Sword Song I decided to go back and re-read The Warlord Chronicles. I had not noticed before, but it seemed to me that the personalities of both Uhtred and Derfel are very similar. I was wondering how much, if any, of your portrayal of Uhtred is born of a desire to write more about Derfel, without compromising your Arthur series?

Also wanted to say that I appreciate the light in which you show the clash between the various pagan religions and Christianity. My personal opinion being very similar, it is comfortable to read, but it is further impressive to me that as a best selling author you would risk the discomfort of your christian readers to portray the story in such a way. Does that potential loss of audience ever concern you? Nicholas Stangel