Dear Mr Cornwell, Ok I probably have a Norman surname, but I feel Saxon. Anyway there were no surnames before the Normans arrived, so my diffidence is probably only imaginary! I have read all your books. You make history real and tangible, one can feel they were in a shield wall. Do you think you will go on to describe those fateful days around 12, 13 and 14 October 1066? Will you be able to put into print the pleadings of Gyrth and Leofwine to their brother Harold not to commit all to one battle? That would be marvellous. Yours sincerely Andrew

Dear Mr Cornwell, I suppose it’s normal that after entering this web site for the first time and writing to you about Hastings, I then search and I see in an answer to a previous question that is is not high on your priority. That’s a pity. Why, if may humbly ask you? Do you think that so much has been written about the battle that there is little left to add? I hope not because the battle was fought and lost well before and only you can bring this into its true perspective. It’s like a football match, the game lasts 90 minutes but the interest generated starts well beforehand and is usually more interesting than the 90 minutes! Anyway, there is something about Senlac Hill which I cannot fathom. A) We lost, but we really won, both as a language and a people. B) Why has Hollywood never done it justice? Like Agincourt, the Armada, Waterloo, Rorke’s Drift etc.etc. Because we lost? If you can shed any light on this I will be very grateful. Kind regards Andrew Guy