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Dear Mr. Cornwell, To me you are the best historic writer that ever lived. Compared to other books that I have read from different authors you always seem to float at the top of my mind as the best author. I hope that you write your heart out and bring your fans more great books. Thank you for the reading experience! Matthew Monroe


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However clever a soldier, Sharpe does not know clocks! The Thomas Tompion at the Quinta do Zedes could not be set in motion by pulling down on the weights. A gentle nudge of the pendulum sets the escape wheel in motion - and the clock is then running. Great stories. Thank you. Fr. Kenneth C. Eade

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He could have shot the hell out of it, so I guess we should be grateful he didn't.


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Just finished The Last Kindgom. First rate. I am so excited you have this new series. I can't wait for the next one. You just keep getting better and better. Loved the characters. Thanks for the work. Marty Schuffert


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Great work. Love yr stuff. Keep Sharpe coming PLEASE! Paul Forbes


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Hello Mr Cornwell. Over the years I have read nearly all of your books, my particular favourite being good old 'Sharpie'. I have just finished reading 'Fallen Angels' and being somewhat of a student of the French Revolution, I found the book masterly. By the way have you read any of the Richard Howard novels his hero 'Alain Lausard' is remarkably like 'Richard Sharpe'. I know that he writes under an alias, and indeed I thought for a time that it may be yourself?. Also being an expert archer myself, I found the 'Grail Quest' series absolutely spot on and very, very absorbing. I hope there will be more. many thanks, take care. Graham Peebles

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Nope, it's not me!


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Dear Mr. Cornwell, I just wanted to tell you how much me and my father appreciate your novels on Richard Sharpe, especially the ones that take place in Portugal. We are both big afficionados of Iberian and Latin American History and love to read novels that deal with the histories of those two regions of the world. Being speakers of Portuguese we really appreciate the way you properly transliterated the portuguese language in Sharpe's Havoc. One of our pet peeves is when authors portray Portuguese or Brazilian characters as speaking Spanish. It is small things like that that show your meticulous research and attention to detail. Keep up the good work. Um abraco, John Gill


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I just read your book, The Last Kingdom...I don't read hardly at all, not because I can't but more because I find it hard to find books that really interest me. I am compelled to send you this email to congratulate you on a great book. I really enjoyed every page and maybe you could give me some forsight as to when the next episode will be published. Great work, great book, great job! :) Tristan N.

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Thanks Tristan, I'm glad to know you enjoyed The Last Kingdom. The second book of this series will be published in the UK in October of this year. I don't have the US publication date yet, but I'll post it as soon as I find out.


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I am an over the road truckdriver and watch the rental racks at the truck stops for the Sharpe series. I have read [in this order] kSharpe's Tiger, Sharpe's Revenge, and Sharpe's Enemy. Enjoyed all three very, very much. Sharpe's Enemy is so far my favorite, the ending of it left me in pain and sympathy for not only Richard Sharpe but for Pvt. Hakeswill as well. kA tormented soul who anesthesized his own pain with the suffering of others, but a victim himself nontheless. I look forward to discovering more volumes as I travel the U.S. Thank you for the joy you bring to me. Stephen Vermillion


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Just finished your latest book "The Last Kingdom". Another great story! I hope this does not mean I have to wait a year for another one.
Jack Chomko


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At the weekend I heard you on Desert Island Discs and was struck by the forthright and painfully frank account of your adoption. I simply wanted to thank you for that as a fellow adoptee, and also one who didn't have the rose-tinted upbringing so many seem to have had - or as portrayed on television programmes. I do find the whole subject slanted towards the adoptive parents and how they feel about it all, and their sadness at not being able to have children of their own. This was my experience, and even now, my mother doesn't appear to quite understand that I was the other part of the equation; indeed she recently went to her monthly Thursday Group, in which they had a woman speaker who'd been adopted and she gave 'a talk on how wonderful it was, and what a sacrifice adoptive parents make when they choose a child and how lucky the child is to be chosen!' The strangest thing was that my mother related all this to me as if I were a disinterested observer. Anyway, sorry to go on. I write too, two and a half novels to date circling the ether looking for a safe place to land. Thanks for listening Bernard and I admit I haven't read your stuff, but will now. Jacqui