Dear Mr Cornwell,

I have enjoyed your novels since I was  probably far too young to be reading them. Their influence is such that I have named my sons after two of your characters- Thomas and Nathaniel (I have a daughter, Esmeralda, but off the top of my head can’t remember if you have a character named that!). I also enjoy your work in the sense that it helps me visualise life in the past, and almost ‘get inside the head’ of those who lived it, which is invaluable to my passion for history.

I know that artistic licence is something that needs to be taken when writing historical fiction, but I wonder if you have ever felt the need to revise or revisit earlier works in the light of new discoveries or theories?

Many thanks

Dave