Mr. Cornwell,

Greetings. I just wanted to utilize this oh-so convenient message board to say that your books are incredible. Growing up, before reading was nothing more than a legal way to make a child miserable, I would always see my father reading your books or books of the same nature. I would think to myself, “how can anybody sit in the bathroom for so long just to read?” As I got older, and wiser, and after realizing that parents actually sometimes hide from their children on purpose, I started reading the Sharpe Books. I was actually in college studying to get my degree in history education, when I picked up Sharpe’s Company for the first time. At the time, my brain was absolutely fried from trying to teach myself History of Tsarist Russia that I decided i needed an outlet of interest where I could turn my brain off, and escape somewhere. I found that with your books. It goes without saying that the memory of my father reading your books, and his saying, “they’yre pretty damn good”, definitely guided me to start reading your work. I can simply say that they are pretty damn good. Now, from the Sharpe Books led me to the Starbuck Chronicles, Last Kingdom Series, etc., but it all started with Sharpe and Harper. As a history fan, your books not only provide thrilling accounts of history, but they do it in a way that definitely keeps it interesting. The Historical Notes at the end of each book are what provides the reader with accurate information, and also provides the fact that you are not only an author of history but a historian as well. You have helped me to become incredibly interested in the Napoleonic Era, so thank you for that also. I digress. I have never reached out like this before to anybody well-known, so I appreciate the handy comment box as well. If there ever comes a time where you’re on the lower left coast of the United States, don’t hesitate to drop a line. To put it candidly, to “shoot-the-shit” over a couple pints with a fellow history fan.

Very Respectfully,

Hospitalman Fite, Thomas

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