Hi Mr Cornwell,

First of all I love your novels. I really feel I can get into the character. Putting myself in a skirmish clouded by smoke or looking out to a thorny hedge being hacked by French troops. I first started reading your books when I joined the Royal Navy. Thru got me through a lot of Watch keeping hours. I’ve always loved history and it’s a credit to you to find a way into that ‘moment that happened’.

You’ve mentioned in the Sharpe Novels about his upbringing and where he came from. I’d love to read something more from before Sharpe’s Tiger or even his life in India.

(If you feel this is me giving ideas please ignore or get me to sign something by a lawyer stating I have no intention of politics and blah blah and such and such) Really looking forward to the new Sharpe’s Assassin. Will this be printed in the Harper Collins Paperback version to go with the rest of my collection? (I dislike an odd spine in my collections haha) Thank you for your hard work, time and effort you put into your work.

With many thanks

Tony Hearn.