Hi Mr Cornwell Just a quick note, I read your Warlord Chronicles some years ago, and immediately as I finished the 3rd I started on the first again, they were for me (with the exeption of Wilbur Smith’s ‘Birds of Prey’) the best books I have ever read – that is until April this year when I was given ‘Sharpe’s Rifles’ by my boss at work. I finished ‘Devil’ on Monday this week – and I just wanted to thank you for all the effort it must’ve taken, to make those books (I read them all!) so damned good!!! – I now have an almost obsessional interest in that period in history and can’t learn about it quickly enough. I am now halfway through Richard Holmes’ ‘The Iron Duke’ and I’m just getting started. So I don’t want to go on and on but you’ve given me something to lose myself in besides beer and music, and I absolutely love it!!! (mind you it has somewhat damaged the street cred!) Keep up the good work! You’re a legend in your own lunch break! your no.1 fan’ Paul Bender (26yrs essex)