Dear Mr Cornwell, Like many of your readers, I was first introduced to your work through the Sharpe books. As yet another Anglo-American transplant, I found the Starbuck Chronicles a delight. And most remarkably, being one to whom matters Arthurian are usually unutterably dull, I enjoyed your Derfel books enormously. I naturally look forward to reading my way through the oeuvre, but I would like to encourage you to continue with the Starbuck chronicles. The Sharpe/Starbuck similarities are there, but I don’t think they’re a problem- for your readers, at least! Many thanks, CM Freeze