Dear Bernard Cornwell ~ Thank you so much for the Agincourt novel. I have enjoyed Sharpe and his adventures for a long time, and have also liked the Arthur Books and The Archer’s Story. But Azincourt was special. The bibliography and your comments led me to the Juliet Barker history, which I have just finished with great pleasure (funny thing to say about something so bloody, but true). I can see many of the links between the history and the fiction, and far from spoiling either, they are mutually enriching. Without question you are the best ‘battle writer’ (if this isn’t a phrase it ought to be)on either side of the pond. You manage to make warfare realistic and vivid without making it sickening–even though it should be, I suppose, to provide some kind of moral edge for those who want that. As one of our medical services says in its adverts: “May you [and your pen] live long and thrive”. Best wishes, Juliet McLaren