Dear Mr Cornwell, where can I go to get back my life you have stolen from me? The reason I ask is that since I stumbled on the Sharpe novels, and consequently the excellent Uhtred adventures and the Grail quest, most of my free time seems to be taken up reading you superb books! I do have a question though (apart from why do you always give Sharpe such a tough time!), what authors do you like? In historical fiction (my favourite genre) apart from yourself, mine are Manfredi, Iggulden, Pressfield and Simon Scarrow, the latter’s series on Roman soldiers is very reminiscent of the Sharpe series. Keep up the superb work! Your dedicated fan Steve!