Dear Mr Cornwell,

I’ve loved every one of your books.
I’ve read widely on Europe during the late 7th and early 8th centuries for a book I’m researching set in Spain, but wondered if you had any recommendations or ‘must reads’ regarding modes of warfare during the era?  Whilst I’ve found a fair amount, I worry that I will make a particularly imbecilic mistake – it is my first work of historical fiction after a lot of travel memoir.

And thankyou, I live in Spain as a result of falling in love with Sharpe several years ago and becoming obsessed with the nation’s history.  Entirely down to your writing.

Cheers.
Paula