Mr. Cornwell,
I am thrilled you are still alive. The reason I say that is that I discovered the Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakaweweo’le after he had died, and was very depressed to think he was gone, and I hadn’t even known anything about him. I think people probably do that all the time. We just discover the world in bits and pieces and we are lucky if we discover something that is real at the same time we are. At any rate, that said, just wanted to tell you I discovered your work for myself by chance when I needed an audio book for a 14-hour car trip and I am a terrible snob and only read non-fiction, so I love to get bios and historical novels like the History of the Plague but couldn’t find anything…and then found Sharp’s Prey which after reading the synopsis seemed adequately historical for a trip – so I got it and…..dear Lord I couldn’t stand to get out of the car for gas, food, or the bathroom for the next 14 hours. And imagine my disbelief to find out there were 20 more ofthese (which I have all read in the meantime)!!!! So, I want to thank you for your brilliance, humor, and historical acumen, and creating such a wonderful, flawed, compelling character as Richard Sharpe – and I just have two questions. Will you ever write about Richard Sharpe the year before he went into the army, and will you ever write about finding Antonia? It seems we need those bookends to make it all complete. I have also loved Agincourt, The Fort, and The Bloody Ground. I will probably make it through all of them eventually since I am getting ready to retire.Good camping companions I would say. Thank you again for a great gift to my life. Heidi Pratt