Dear Mr. Cornwell, I am a huge fan and have only just today read through your bulletin board. I saw where a reader requested that you create a novel about the Roman occupation period in Britain. You declined but I respectfully request that you please reconsider. Your grasp of the many engineering and social contributions of the Romans to European history is very astute. Although there may be many other authors that cover this period as you stated, I have never found an unbiased novel of your caliber that can effectively describe their small scale military campaigns, social life and governmental administration over the conquered local population and religious groups as well as you describe in your novels. I feel there is a real story there to be told and that only YOU are the person to tell it with the unbiased and reflective observations that this forgotten period deserves. Once long ago I went to a small town in Germany near Morbach and deep in those woods in the middle of nowhere there was Roman grave sight. The Romans had taken the time to raise a huge burial mound and surround it with stone columns and yet there was very little information on who it was that had fought and died there. As I stood alone in those dark woods I could only try and imagine the feelings of those soldiers who came so far, so long ago to fight and die in a strange land and yet had taken the time and effort to honor their dead in such a desolate place. I’m sure with Hadrian’s wall and the long Roman history in Britain that there is a similar story from the Roman occupation of Britain that needs to be told. With Roman technology and tactics and the determination and ingenuity of the ancient Brits I am sure there is a untold story just waiting for you to work your magic. No one else can do it justice and this period is really is a precursor to your Arthur tales. Please reconsider….history needs you to bring it to life. John Sinisi, Rosamond, CA. USA.