Dear Mr. Cornwell, I’m a huge fan of your work. Reading your books always inspires me to pursue my own childhood dream and write a historic novel. My problem is that everything I know about history is from school, free time reading and documentaries. Do you think it’s possible to write historic novels without having studied history? I have no idea where to start my research. The giant amount of sources is simply overwhelming me and I have an urge to write, not to read 6 months about the topic before I can start. I hope you can help me. Greetings from Germany! Respectfully, Philipp