Hello Mr Cornwell, This is really a repeat of part of a letter I sent to you recently via HarperCollins before I realised you had a website & point of contact. I have just finished, and thoroughly enjoyed, AZINCOURT – the everyday details of the lives of your characters always make your stories so believable & readable. If I may could I just comment on three minor points in your historical notes section. The reference to the image of you on the previous page (showing your prowess as an archer!)refers to the battle having been fought on 25th October 1414 – probably just a proof reading error. You also mention how remarkable it is that the fame of this long fought battle should be remembered almost seven hundred years after the event – this should probably read six hundred years. You also mention that Agincourt was fought long before the advent of the Christian calender & the modern anniversary ought to be celebrated on 4th November. Actually it should be November 5th. An eighth century monk, the Venerable Bede, discovered that a year was actually almost twelve minutes longer than had actually been thought but it was not until Pope Gregory XII declared in 1582 that a new Gregorian calender would be used that the anomaly was corrected. However it was not until the eighteenth century that the British Government decided to adopt the Gregorian calender by which time the discrepancy had increased to eleven days & September 3rd 1752 was decreed to be September 14th. Incidentally there was widespread disquiet at this as many of the population felt the government had “robbed” them of eleven days of their lives! These minor matters in no way detract from an excellent novel and I very much look forward to your next book. With kind regards Chris Allen