Dear Bernard Cornwell,

I’m a great fan of your writing and your books. The Uhtred saga, Thomas of Hookton and most of all Richard Sharpe. Glad you gave this character such a wonderful first name (haha). And it’s lots of fun to read your books and enjoying it and while doing this there’s really no need to watch TV.

And I asked myself what made you write these books about Richard Sharpe (or the other main characters of your stories). And why are so many people like me are so full of passion reading about these adventures. I believe from the depst of my soul it’s because you and all your readers WERE THERE TOGETHER on all these battlefields and made our practical experience of life there. Maybe your soul did remind these times so well (what we call “earlier lives”) and so your books help us (the readers) to remember too. And although very often sad and cruel things happened your books are connecting all the “old soldiers” again (wherever they might live today) and so one more time we all come together again. You at one side of the book and the rest of us at the other side. Thanks for doing that! And maybe we’re still all “brothers in arms”…

Kind regards and my very best wishes to you and your family. Lots of more success for your writing. Keep well and may God bless you!

Yours sincerely

Richard Ledins (Bleckede / Germany)