Dear Mr. Cornwell,
I am sure you get a plethora messages from people wanting things or rambling on inconsequentially about not much at all.  This may me seen by you as one of those.  I don’t usually spend my time ( and I hope I don’t waste others) with something as obtuse as this may seem, but here goes….
I read my first Cornwell book (The Fort) having picked it up in an airport kiosk that seemed to have a pretty poor selection (and I had read all the Creighton out at the time)…from that time I was hooked…I have since read, all the Warlord Chronicles, Grail Quest etc….and enjoyed each one immensely ( I buy them and keep them).  I have lost count but I have read everything I can find from you except the Sharpe books.  I am about to change that but am having some difficulty determining the sequence in which to undertake.  Still I am ramble on.
The earlier reference to Creighton was salient because I understand that why I like his books (I mean no offense by the parallel) is that he researches and I learn things.  I find the same with your books ….and now to the point.  Growing up (I am 62 now) I thought my fathers long bow was a javelin and as such I used it as one and destroyed it.  It turns out that he was a gifted archer having competed on the McGill University squad back in 1943.  He has been dead for nearly 30 years but I have several photographs that never meant much until now.  As I get on, these family things mean so much more and having learned so much about the skill/strength and small things a neophyte never considers about life of an archer, has been such a wonderful treat.  I appreciate the research you do and the wonderful talent you have.
If you made it this far in my note thanks for that too.  (by the way, Dad never said anything about the bow).
I lose myself in your stories and given that I don’t care much for most TV (still one of the few that likes a good old fashioned Hardcover book)…Thank You!
I wish you all the best and hope that there is some small pleasure for you knowing about the tremendous service you have provided me.

All the best
Charly Garrett