Mr Cornwell, I have just started my first year at university studying history, and I would just like to thank you as it was your novels that gave me this passion, one day I hope to be a lecturer in war studies at Sandhurst, and it was through reading about Sharpe, Starbuck and all your many other great characters that helped give me this goal. Maybe one day you will use a book of mine for reference when writing a story! thanks for everything, Phil