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absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the grail quest / Arthur books and saxon stories as well as Stonehenge please keep them coming is there any chance of you writing faster? I still have Azincourt to read yet so you have a bit of time! many thanks to your brilliant skills as an author and for helping me live a second life in history.
Mark Pitcher

Just saw a news story about homes in Chatham being washed away. I hope your home remains safe.
Ed Zingone

hi Bernard, just finally finished reading all the Sharpe novels,all I can say is fantastic. Being in the armed forces myself I really find it interesting seeing what life was like for my predecessors, as believe it or not even in the army we don't really delve much into our history apart from ww1 or ww2 but I find it quite sad that we have no official remembrance for the end of the peninsula wars. After reading your books and watching the tv series I read up on various other sources e.g Wellington years by Elizabeth Longford and Mark Urban's The Rifles,Which led me to search into my own family history and found I had a great,great,great grandfather who died near Corruna although that's as much as I can find out. But had it not been for the Sharpe books I dare say I would never of even been interested in the days of the musket. so thanks again. p.s I know you don't take Sharpe ideas but I always thought it would have been a nice ending if it ended with Sharpe being knighted hence going full circle and I can see Wellington calling out hurrah or something like that... oh well thanks again, Jason.

You are the best author.
Victor M. Silva

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I was wondering if you ever came to Brazil. I am really sure that if you did so, you would know that you have a lot of fans here. By the way I am reading The Saxon Stories now, and of course I am really enjoying it. Thank you for so many hours of entertainment!!!!!
Mauricio Ferreira

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I grew up reading the books my father read: Alistair MacLean, Louis L'Amour, Clive Cussler, Patrick O'Brien... My father loved adventure stories and I idolized my father. Somewhere along the way, I quit reading these types of books. I was just 'too busy.' Two years ago, my dad gave me "The Last Kingdom" and insisted I would love it. I put it on a shelf and forgot about it until he died a couple of months later. I finally picked it up and read it, and I must confess to tears as I accompanied Uhtred into the shield wall. I have since defended a hilltop against a French onslaught, sailed the Pucelle into Trafalgar, and summoned the gods with Merlin, just as my dad did. Thank you for books, which have quickened my lost love of adventure and are my beloved father's final gift to me. Thank you.
Mike Ozmun

Mr. Cornwell in this months Harvard Magazine there is an article by Jonathan Shaw "Men of England" it starts on page 30. that may be of interest to you. It is about the genetic make of English men pre and post Roman times. Thank you for a splendid series of books, Victor

I just read a post " Post Date: 29 Jun, 2009" by Marc who is trying to find more information on Sir John Cornwaille. I likewise have been inspired by Bernard to find out more. I've borrowed 2 books from Essex libraries. These are :-
"Medieval Mercenary, Sir John Hawkwood of Essex" by Christopher Starr. Published by the Essex Record Office 2007 and
"Sir John Hawkwood Chivalry and the Art of War" by Stephen Cooper. Published by Pen & Sword military, Pen & Sword Books Ltd 2008. Hope they are helpful.
Arthur

Starbuck has reminded me of one of my favourite cartoons. It shows two Yankee soldiers lolling on a bank. One is saying ,"An' then we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, an' it durn near drove me mad." With anticipatory best wishes.

David Stanners

Dear Mr Cornwell I have just finished reading "Azincourt" and wanted to say how much I enjoyed it. It is a true gift to be able to transport your reader to the hell of battle and weave in the supporting stories and I look forward to my next expedition into history. It truly saddens me that some children will not be able to use their imagination by reading stories like yours and I do not know where I would have been over 70 odd years without you and the other authors who have transported me to Desert Islands, Naval Battles and other similar excitement. Thank you John Sutton