Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I would just like to thank you for all the reading pleasure that you have given me over the years. In my early and formative years I was enthralled by the C.S. Forester – Hornblower novels. After reading them literally to destruction, my subsequent years were mainly filled with Douglas Reeman/Alexander Kent. (I couldn’t really handle Patrick O’Brian). The Bolitho series were enthralling but the last 5 or so books certainly lost their way, and my interest. But then I found Sharpe; Thomas Hocton, Uthred, et al. Thank you again!  P.S. I too can remember the blond fly half racing across the rugby field.

Martin Higgs