Dear Mr Cornwell Thank you very much for the years of pleasure your writing has given me.I have sadly just finished ‘The Fort'(I say sadly as my otherwise tedious rail commutes flew by whilst reading it!)I had the pleasure of seeing you at Chelmsford theatre a couple of years ago where you kindly answered my question about the English Civil War, in that you had researched it but had no plans to write about it.Is this still the same? I am an avid fan of the period and most fiction about it(with a couple of exceptions)is frankly terrible and is crying out for the Cornwell treatment! As a total aside, I am visiting family in the Toronto area in the Autumn and wondered if you thought any locations of the British/American War of 1812-14 are worth a visit? Thank you.

Martin Simpson