Dear Mr Cornwell the first time I came across one of your books was in London in 1997, that was Enemy of God.Since then I find it hard to read another author.I’ve gone through all the Arthur series (actually I’ve read the three books probably over a dozen times)from Stonehenge, Starbuck chronicles to the Qrail quest I’ve read them all over and over again.Finally I read my first Sharpe book(Sharpe’s Eagle) and the shit hit the fan. In my 29 years of life I have never been so caught up in a series of books! I literally cannot put them down, I only have 17 Sharpe books to date and I’ve already read those over half a dozen times.That whole Napoleonic era I find so extremely fascinating and the way you write I almost wish I knew how to speed read just so I can get to the next paragraph faster.Looking back on this email it looks like I’m a little crazy or maybe infatuated? I’m not, I’m a simple machinist ,father of a wonderful 5 year old boy and husband to a U.S.F. graduate. I collect toys, play computer games, tattoos and read your books!!! All in all I would just like to say I think your a wonderful author and storyteller I wish you continued success in your work and now you have another lifelong fan!!!! oh and Scoundrel was just awesome!!! Jamie Nolan Kingma