i just want to thank you for the years of reading i have enjoyed, i don’t think there are many of your books i have not read, I have managed to read every Sharpes series book all of the Uhtred stories which i love. the first one i ever read was The Harlequin, that was it I was hooked. i spent 30 years doing fly in fly out work in the iron ore industry in western Australia spending as much as 9 months of the year away from home just to put food on the plate and keep a roof over my families head and your book filled many a lonely night away from kith and kin. i am 68 and retired now and fill my time in by fishing and the odd bit of prospecting for gold, I also sit at my PC at night and write stories for a couple of friends to read, no where near the standard of yours but it keeps me amused and my friends seem to like them, it also keeps the little grey cells working  as Poirot would say.  Anyway thanks again for the joy of reading your stories.

Regards

Duncan Shirra