Dear Mr Cornwell,
I am Mexican, living in Mexico City, and I am a teacher. I discovered your books about a year and half ago… and, fascinated by your style, the learning, your historical research, and of course, the wonderful stories, I’ve read most of them. A couple of years back, I found myself travelling to Scotland, and then by car to Newcastle-upon-Tyne… I visited Bamburgh, the castle… and stood on the beach looking at the North Sea. Being from America, I realised that sometimes I’ve imagined History to have taken place in the books… but having had the oportunity to stand right there and think of everything that took place on that physical space is eerie. It’s hard to fathom. After my trip to Northumbria, I came by your books. I “saw” the place again alive with the characters… and I certainly got enganged with the beautiful story of Uhtred.
I just wanted to thank you for the long hours of getting lost in your books. I am really looking forward to seeing Uhtred back and follow his story to his death. Will you please continue his story? Will the series go on? Will he be back?
Reading your novels has given me a different perspective on History… I know novels are fiction, but they provide History with a very human side; they bring History out of the books and into the real world; they take you to live through the feelings, hardship, and joys of the real people who made that piece of History.
You are a great writer… thanks a million for your stories; I can’t wait to read more of them.
MARTHA