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Dear Mr Cornwell, I am currently reading The Last Kingdom and have already been "gripped" by the story. I love it and am looking forward to the continuing series. I love all your books so far. I am a recently new fan having only discovered your books over the last year. I started with The Grail Quest and have never looked back. I am an ardent fan of English and European history and especially enjoy novels that include heaps of factual historical data such as in your books. My husband can't believe my reading habits particularly as I often have my pile of historical reference books nearby as I read. I'm always "boosting" what I read by frequent forays into to my reference books. Reading is my passion and the world would be a sad place without books and printed material. Keep up the good work. Kind Regards Susan Esposito

Dear sir, I am enthralled by your genius. Being of English and Irish blood I find your works to be a sight into my past. I feel as Richard Sharpe may be the model my cousins in the Household Guards were formed from. I only recently, sadly enough, realized that I have no more of your books to read. In all honesty, you are the best reading I have ever encountered. John Myers

Dear Bernard--my wife gave me Sharpe's Christmas and Sharpe's Skirmish for Christmas as she knows I am a keen reader who has read every book in the Sharpe series and many others of yours, and I've got to say I really enjoyed both of these books and can recommend them to your readers. Ray Glover

Dear Mr Cornwell, I have just read your article "My History Hero" in January's edition of BBC History magazine and found it very interesting, especially the comment about him as a politician being "hardly a hero at all". It got me thinking and I thought what a good story it would be for Sharpe to be sent on covert mission as a spy type character in the Duke of Wellington' government, a early "James Bond". I have still to read the Last Kingdom as I am trawling my way through "The Talisman of Troy", so I can't offer you a comment. Thanks for your time. David Fletcher of Cirencester.

I have finished reading the Grail Quest series for the 2nd time and still want to read it again, I have hoped that there will be another book brought out. Bob McCaffrey

Mr.Cornwell, love all your books and can`t wait for the next Uhtred episode. It is indeed because I enjoy your work so much that I have found myself becoming a little irritated by a very small matter. It seems to me that every time you describe a group of men etc., you refer to them as a score. As you know a score means twenty and I do feel that you now overuse this particular word. I have never before felt compelled to write to an author, so please accept my pedantism as a compliment. all the best Alex ( just turned 40, grumpy, whining old man)

Dear Mr. Cornwell, Regarding your recent comments on the 1970 film "Waterloo", you may or may not know that the original of this Russian-produced film was absolutely butchered by the editors before it was ever shown in America. The original, which has never been seen in the States, was over four hours long, while the American version was just over two hours. All the scenes you missed, Ligny, Quatre Bras, the defense of Hougemont and La Haye Sainte, the repulse of D'Erlon's corp by the Scots Grays, etc. ended up on the cutting room floor. Sadly, it seems they are lost for good, because no one I know has ever found an uncut version of this film. Alan Kempner

What a thrill your books are to read. I first discovered the Warlord Trilogy in my local library and proceeded to go through all your books and am now halfway through the Sharpe series. Recently while reading Sharpe's Havoc the name of Sir Edward Paget leaped out of the page during the battle of Oporto. I was overjoyed to hear that an ancestor was not only there but a General no less. For years I have pondered a beautifully rendered painting hanging in my home of the family coat of arms and wondered about the people it represented. I wanted to send you a jpeg of it but can see no way of attaching one to this note. Although the spelling has changed since becoming Americanized my father always asserted the original was Paget. You are a wonderful and absorbing writer and have made my reading experience truly unique and personal and for that I thank you. I look forward to your latest work and am third on the reading list at my local library for The Last Kingdom. I believe many Americans long to know more of their origins. You have helped me to know more of my own. Don't ever stop bringing us stories of our past. My highest regards, Reed Padgett.

A few years ago, I started reading Sharpe's Trafalgar from the library but couldn't get into it at the time. Then last spring I picked up a copy of Sharpe's Tiger at a book sale and I was hooked. The description of the action and the battle narrative are just page turners. I have collected all the way up to Sharpe's Sword in the paperbacks and in fact just read the Short story-Sharpe's Skirmish. (Thank you for signing it.) I like the new covers that have been coming out and have been collecting them-they appear to be battle scene paintings on the covers. I also have on my shelf the Warlord Chronicles, the Grail Quest series and Stonehenge but have not read them yet. My next read is Sharpe's Enemy. I say all that to say thank you for your story telling skill and the historical accuracy.The two put together create a great book and I greatly enjoy them. I hope in the near future to join the Sharpe Appreciation Society. I received the application with Sharpe's Skirmish. Have a great day and a great New Year. I look forward to more of Sharpe's adventures. Sincerely David H. Smith

I would like to thank you for the joy I had reading The Last Kingdom, just fantastic. J. Noble