Dear Bernard, As an Englishman living in the USA, I can sometimes feel a little culturally starved. Not that there’s anything *wrong* with American culture, or fiction for that matter, but I do get irritated by the technical and historical inaccuracies in so many American works. I have just finished reading Heretic .. you’ve restored my faith in authors who do complete and accurate research. I should have known of course, having been an avid Richard Sharpe reader. Anyway, in summary, thanks for the books. They are a joy to read, and I’ve now discovered a vein of works that I hadn’t realised existed – non Sharpe Bernard Cornwell novels! (By the way, so you know how intimidating it is emailing a successful author? I keep looking for spelling errors!) Warm regards Andrew Marshall