Hi Bernard I wrote to you via this page some years back and was chuffed enough to have received an answer from my favourite author. Over the last couple of years I’ve branched out reading novels that do their damndest to re-create your formula. I’ve also read and collected books suggested by your good self. Lady EL’s years of the sword (found in a book sale under the bridge by the BFI southbank in London) and J Barker’s Agincourt were brilliant reads. Having just browsed through your recently and patiently answered questions, a couple touched on Robin Hood and character cross-overs. To my amusement recently I read Angus Donalds ‘Outlaw’ and upon seeing ‘as good as Bernard Cornwell or your money back’ sticker on the front, I chortled and thought well if it isn’t then I will. It was a fairly good effort and in one small hat-tip in your direction one of the scenes describing a feast and storytelling mentions another storyteller called Wygga who only had one hand and wove magnificent stories about Arthur and his warriors. Cheeky monkey! Still, best form of flattery and all that. Also, I assume this is down to your publishers etc etc, but is there any chance that we will see collectors editions/box sets of any of your series (Sharpe, Warlord Chronicles, Grail quest etc) maybe to time it for an anniversary of first creation or some such? I know you are mainly concerned about your literature, but I live in hope your Warlord Chronicles will be faithfully translated into a movie or series and thus achieve a wider audience like Sharpe has. I even toyed with the idea of sending Peter Jackson a copy of Winter king, but the postage to NZ was steep and I gather he’s quite busy these days. Does your agent do this kind of thing anyway? and if not, give them a kick up the arse :o) for me and thousands of fans across many different countries. Yours Faithfully, Toby Goodman