I contact you to thank you, your books have made a great difference to my life and job. I am in the R.A.f and have served for Royal Navy. when embarking on my first tour with the Navy I purchased Sharpe’s Trafalgar, This you must understand was the first book I bought or read since Leaving School and was the start, as you can guess my education was bad but self-inflicted. your book changed that in so far as for the fist time in my life I read it from cover to cover twice. I could not wait to get back to Blighty and buy more Sharpe books. I have all the Sharpe books and have just finished reading The Burning Land which I could not put down it is fantastic and I really can’t wait for book 6 in the Uhtred chain. Basically I have found your books inspiring and they have been my companion wherever H.M sends me. you capture the soul and military mind so well, I think if you had join up you would have been a splendid Officer. You and your books gave me a new and varied hobby, History. my favourite subject being the Norsemen and heathenism which I love. I even wear a Thors hammer talisman. Again I thank you for your writing and hope to read many many more of your books so get working. If you have any recommendation for Norse mythology please let me know. cheers, Steve