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Mr. Cornwell, I have just finished reading the Arthor books and found them to be some of the best books I have read. Being a Tolkien fan, I compare most books I read to his style of writing. I found that your books told a realistic story and the characters were well-developed with many attributes. I found that I related with the joys and sorrow of Derfel more than I have any character in any book I have read. Thank you for writing such excellent books. Mark Pogliano

Just finished "The Last Kingdom", brilliant, your books get better and better. Can't wait for the next in the series.( I assume there is one). Keep up the fantastic work!! Thanx. A.M.

I just finished Sharpe's Escape. Thanks for providing more very enjoyable hours. I've read the whole series and each new one you stick somewhere in the chronology is a great surprise and fun time. I'm not sure how you continue on with Sharpe and Harper but I hope the muse keeps tapping on your shoulder. Again thank you for providing us with such great stories. Dave

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WRITINGS. I have enjoyed the Authurian series, am working on the Grail quest and was most enamoered with the Thrillers, having just finished 'Scoundrel'. Please give us more of these Thrillers. Best health to you and yours. I spent three years in Buzzards Bay at MMA and hope you enjoy yours as Woods Hole would be my desired home. Tom King

Hello Bernard, Just to say this old 'Cornwell Addict' much enjoyed the first 2 readings of "The Last Kingdom" and eagerly awaits the next book in the series. Best wishes for 2005. Ian

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

Just finished The Winter King, and immediately sent for the sequels. Excellent historical fiction! I enjoyed it on a par with George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, a thoroughly down-to-earth and character AND plot driven fantasy work. Martin's characters are so well developed that you feel you might run into them... I strongly recommend it. Just one comment: in your afterward you express doubt that the early Christian church in Britain was tolerant toward other religions. But, as you yourself note, the early church was a different animal than what it is today, or even what it became by feudal times. Recall that early Christianity was a religion of the oppressed and exploited. The church had not yet become an empire with a ruler as powerful as any emperor. I find it believable that the early Christians may well have coexisted peacefully with other, indigenous, religions. But, then again, that's speculation. Best, Mike

I have just finished The Last Kingdom. I believe it's your best yet. I have enjoyed them all, especially The Arthur series and of course Sharpe. I am at present researching an ancestor who served in the 28th regiment, joining as a boy. He was through the peninsular war and at Waterloo. There was a private Wheeler who managed to grab a French eagle at Waterloo, also from the 28th. I suspect it's not the same man, but plan to check the next time I visit England. Best wishes, Barry Wheeler

FANTASTIC - in my life you are the second writer I've come to enjoy ,, the first being Robert Heinlin. I (love) your books very much and now recommend them to all I talk to especialy history buffs as I believe your blend of history and fiction could equal reality. I am partial to the Sharpe series but also like the Aurthur books as well ,,ta ta for now Scott