Dear Mr. Cornwell, I just wanted to take this opportunity to express my thanks to you for the many hours of pleasure I have received from reading your Sharpe Books. Only a few authors have reached me the way you have. I read the Hornblower series by C. S. Forester and loved it. My father (back in England) kept telling me to read Sharpe. He finally sent me one of the books (Sharpe’s Devil) and after reading it I became hooked. I have now read eleven of the twenty and have thoroughly enjoyed each one. You express yourself so well and you keep me on the edge of my seat the whole time. You also write the characters real enough for me to feel a kinship with them. My other favorite authors have passed away and so it is a great honor for me to have the means of thanking you personally (albeit through email) for your fine work. Warm personal regards, Brad