Dear Mr. Cornwell, Neither am I an aspiring writer, nor do I want a signed book – I’m just a fan and was browsing through your fantastic website (I love the suggestions for further reading!) and thought I’d drop you a few lines. I’m a 37-year-old fan from Germany and I’ve been reading your books avidly for several years now, my favourites being the Sharpe series. I’ve always been a history buff so it’s no wonder I love historical fiction. I’m a native German, but I have a degree in English Philology so I read your books in the original. It’s still nice to see that by and by the Sharpe books are being (re-)published in the German translation to get more attention here in German as well. I won’t take up any more of your precious time, I just wanted to tell you that I love your books and I hope that you’ll continue to write Sharpe books for a long time to come! Yours sincerely, Marion Jaeckel