Mr. Cornwell:

My wife and I love ” Thomas of Hookton”  who usually deals with life choices in a analytical and practical way.    In crisis, Thomas often discards convetion and makes decisions that will bring about the desired results.  Most of your leading characters do not rely on “Faith” to solve any crisis or change an outcome; they usually use their skills and experience to find solutions to affect the end results. In fact Thomas usually scoffs at prayer as a waste of time that could be spend solving a problem.   Your heroes are not always successful; nor should they be.  Show me a person that says they never made a mistake, and  he or she is a liar, because everyone makes mistakes. Mr. Cornwell, I do not consider you a champion for the “None”.  I admire your characters that rely on themselves, and their skilled bondman for victory and defeat in your novels.  I hope that Thomas is not hedging his bets by saying faith in “god” can not be proved or disproved, so why not believe since it does
not hurt anyone.  If  there is life after death for the belivers why not enjoy eternal life  versus going to hell? In 1356 Thomas’s friar friend declares that Thomas is a good christian.  1356 is another Thomas tale that I could not put down until the battle was won.  The “None” do not have many fictional heroes, and I hope that we are not losing Thomas of Hookton!  This note is not criticism – I am just worried that Thomas has had a “born again event” and did’n’t tell us about it.

Sincerely,

John Clabe Long