Hello, I read all the Sharpe books. They were pretty good. Then I read the Arthur books and they are somewhat amazing. I’ve read kArthur stories since I was like five and yours are blatantly the best (apart from Gawain and the Green Knight which, as a poet, I appreciate as being deeply funky). Anyway, I have been reading them again this weekend, albiet out of order. I really love my girlfriend, but it’s a bit annoying when she phones and interrupts. Lord of the Rings is a joke compared to your trilogy (okay, so I haven’t read the books, but I know the story from the film and from dipping I think the prose is boring). I’m glad they’re your favourite books that you’ve written, you would not deserve your gift if they were not. My favourite retelling is Tristan and Iseult; the economy of your rendition is brutal perfection. It’s a crime if a film is not made of it and a travesty if it is and it’s compromised. Guenivere and Talesin’s conversation about poetry is touched with genius. It says everything about poetry now. I love the way that magic is not undermined by trickery in the books, somehow they make magic seem more possible. Anyway, Enemy of God (where Derfel and Ceinwyn get together) inspired the poem I wrote today, and it was quite good, so I thought I’d write and say thank you for the Arthur books. It’s a shame you can’t do more, but clearly you can’t. I hope that when you pass to the otherworld you are remembered for these books and not Sharpe etc, because they are a most genuine contribution to literature, thanks for reading, Paul.