Greetings Mr. Cornwell, I am James and I have recently finished reading your book Agincourt.. Now, Im not into Blogging or Twitter&umm…ing, or Message Board posting but after reading this book I felt compelled to write you and relay my experience regarding the reading of it. First to say that my commute to and from work is a long one, which means I have a lot of time with little to do besides listen to music and an occasional nap. My boss, an avid reader, upon hearing this said Well then you should read! and since then has been bringing me bags of books to read for the trip, with the agreement that after I finish, I donate them to the local library&where my copy of Agincourt is now (pity, as I didnt know that I could send it to you (with return postage, of course) and you would actually sign it.). So anyway, thats how I came upon this book. In regards to the book itself&well&I must complement you. I have never before been so brought into a story as to where I could actually see, hear, smell, touch and feel what the characters experience. I vividly saw them and experienced what they did, as if I was standing next to them&with them, and if the story described&as them. Never before have I been so carried along with the growth of the characters (For example the growth of a semi-naïve forester into a seasoned warrior.). And never before have I come across such blending of historical fact and that which you conjured up from your imagination to create the characters and their experiences. This is not to say that I have never read a good book before&I have, but this book was altogether different. As for the complement itself&well, I was going to use brilliant, but if I remember right that word is already used on the books jacket so Ill not repeat it. My complement for this book and yourself is then& After I finished the last word of the last page, I took a breath, and went back to the first word of the first page&and read the book all over again. I have never done that with a book I have read before and have not done it with a book I have read since. THANK YOU ! Sincerely, James Aldrich Pasadena, CA