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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

Hi Bernard, Just seen Sharpes Challenge, excellent. Sean plays the part very well. Story idea..Sharpe in the Crimea. Richard would be in his 80's by then but maybe a son to carry on his fathers stories. Or Richard as a observer for the Green Rifles ? Can't wait until Sharpe's Fury is released in Australia, Cheers, Chris Sinclair

Dear Mr Cornwell, just finished Stonehenge and even though I didn't enjoy it quite as much as some of your other series, it was interesting to read about a subject and an age of which I really knew nothing. Keep up the great work, and I hope you never retire! Ok, maybe a semi-retirement of one book a year.
Michael Calkins

Dear Sir, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your novels, particularly the 'Sharpe','Grail Quest' and 'Saxon' series, as well as 'Gallows Thief'. I first came across them in 1996 on a visit to the UK from Australia when I saw one of the Sharpe telemovies. I was hooked within five minutes and was overjoyed when I returned to Australia and found that 'Sharpe' consisted of more than one book (So many books... so little time!). I have worked my way through the majority of 'Sharpe' and the other series I previously mentioned, and on many occasions have reread them as well. I have been eagerly awaiting the series to be shown on Australian television, but until recently had to surfice with watching all the DVD's whilst in Edinburgh last year - squeezing it in between attending the Edinburgh Tatoo and sightseeing whilst on my honeymoon! (I have a very understanding wife). Whilst I understand as a writer you have to be in the right frame of mind to carry the story in the appropriate direction, please do not give up on Thomas of Hookton as I feel there is much more life left in him yet (At least one more book?? Please!!) Regards Your ever faithful reader... Michael Woodgate

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I am a tremendous fan of your writing. I just finished Excalibur and the Arthur Stories and I thought it was wonderful. I must admit that I was not ready to say goodbye to Derfel so in my mind I contrived an alternative ending where the Saxons come to the monastery and kill Sansum and Derfel uses Hywelbane to charge one last shield wall. It is wonderful how good writing encourages our imagination. My only concern while reading the Arthur Stories was that I was afraid that Derfel was taking Sharpes place as my favorite fictional/historical character, a position he has held for many years. So I went right out and bought Sharpes Fury and Im reading it now. Reading a new Sharpe book is like coming home to an old friend. I dont typically write e-mails such as this but sometimes you need to let someone know that the work they produce is truly appreciated. You keep writing and Ill keep reading. Thank you for sharing your gift. Tim Stites

Dear Sir: I just finished reading Sharpe's Fury. I can't tell you how excited I was to find it. I had finished the entire series just last year and was thrilled to see you had written yet another adventure. Thank you. And thank you for the whole Sharpe's series of books. They have brought me so much reading pleasure over the past few years. I'm sure I'll start them all over again one day soon. No one writes a better battlefield scene than you. Thanks again. Carl Sheffield

Dear Mr Cromwell, I have lived in Hong Kong for 25 years ( I am 48 now ).My sons, born in Hong Kong, of 13 and 11 are fervent readers and in particular the Saxon Stories, I think they can relate to a boy growing and the issues he faces. Whilst going through some old books I found the Ladybird children's book on King Alfred which I must have given at 5 or 6 and I have always remembered a page detailng a brooch found with the inscription " Alfred caused me to be made ". Odd how some things stay in your memory. I am in the UK this weekend and will be in Bury St Edmunds and shall picture arrow shooting Danes laughng at a porcupine like Edmund.! I have thouroughly enjoyed your books, as a teenager I was fascinated by the diary of Rifleman Harris and the Sharpe series were very much a must read for me. I was trying to think of a period in history you have not yet covered that I would be interested to see added to your series and I came up with either India over the 19th century or the British in the Middle East. I think few people realise the history of British influence and military involvement in Iraq prior to the past 1990's. In closing I await the next book in the Saxon trilogy with great interest. Thank you for your works. Owen Davis