Dear Mr Cornwell My name is Tom Clarke and I am an ex-British Army sapper officer . I thoroughly enjoy your books – especially your attention to historical detail and the plausibility of the action sequences in particular. Being a long-standing fan of MacDonald Fraser’s ‘Flashman’ papers, I do appreciate this. I also happen to be a born-again Christian and believe that I have detected a slight anti-christian bias in your books! The comment I would make is that you are probably accurate in your depiction of the hypocrisy of prominent so-called christians and churches. However, I would wish to add that many christians and churches are thoroughly good influences in the societies in which they live. It occurs to me that your brief depiction of Galahad in the ‘Arthur Chronicles’ was a fairer thumbnail sketch of the christian my friends and I would aspire to be – a faithful, relevant man of integrity who is not afraid to get his hands dirty with his ‘unbelieving’ comrades. I am no rabid evangelical, just a man who has known the Lord all his working life and found that He has not forced me to become either a nerd or a hypocrite. I don’t know where you are on your spiritual journey, but I trust you are in a good place. Please keep writing these readable, well researched novels and please remember that not all christians are trying to smite your ‘hero’ characters! Thank you for taking the time to read this and I am more than willing to discuss these points further, if you wish. Yours Sincerely, Tom Clarke