Dear Mr Cornwell I would just like to thank you for the pleasure your books have given me. Over the past six months I have read the Saxon Stories and also the Grail Quest series. If only your books had been around when I was at school I would have done a lot better at history. Your books truly fire up the imagination which is I think an essential part of education. I was a bit reluctant to embark on the Sharpe stories mainly because of the high quality of the television series, I need not have worried although I still have the picture of Sean Bean in my mind whenever I’m reading. I have spent the last week in bed with a bad cold and did Trafalgar in two days. As a one time illustrator, the picture you painted in words would be hard to beat! Thanks again for bringing so much enjoyment Bernard, more power to your elbow. Regards Terry Hadler East Hendred Oxfordshire.