Dear Mr. Cornwell: Im hoping youll respond to another teacher named Lee this week! I teach history and English at a high school on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. I bought The Last Kingdom in 2005 (because the cover caught my eye!) and Ive read all the books in that series as they came out plus all of your historical fiction series. Im currently working my way through Sharpe (Im up to Sharpes Honour). I have to say Starbuck is my favourite and put in a plea for you to return to Nates story. Im writing with a comment and a thank you. Teaching history I try my best to present as unbiased a view as possible to my students. As a proud Canadian Im frequently annoyed at the way some American and British sources discount the role of Canada on D-Day. When reading Redcoat I was pleased to note the care you took to present both the British and American perspectives. I also want to thank you for helping me to get my students to read. I have three students in my grade eleven English class currently reading your novels: two the Alfred series and one the Grail Quest. One of these boys is a reader but the other two havent enjoyed reading–until now. The boy reading the Grail Quest told me hes never finished a book before (funny– I assign a novel study each term!). The other former non-reader has been working his way through Alfred and started Sword Song on Monday. Hes been reading it at every opportunity including in his journalism class. My colleague, the journalism teacher (who is reading the Alfred series too), says hes given up telling him to put it away. Thank you for your help with my English class. Im eagerly awaiting The Burning Land! Sincerely, Joey Lee