Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I am Giacomo Cecchin, one of his passionate Italian readers.

I am writing to thank you for Sharpe’s latest story: it is truly magnificent.

I missed Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper, and although I have strong sympathies for Boney and the French, I find them really interesting.

I just add two things:

1) The feature that I like most about Sharpe is that he is a 3D character that is not perfect: he gets angry, kills and does everything that an English officer of his time would have done (and maybe even something more ).

2) Will there be more Sharpe stories? maybe he can’t tell me but I’d like to read more and who knows if Sharpe doesn’t decide to go to Italy too. In this regard: have they ever contacted you from Mantua to participate in Festivaletteratura www.festivaletteratura.it ? Meeting you would be a dream come true for me.

Thanks for everything you wrote (I loved the Grail trilogy very much) and best regards.

Giacomo Cecchin

Mr. Cornwell,

I’m a great admirer of your novels. I think, to date, I’ve read all of them. I just finished (“devoured”) your latest “Sharpe’s Assassins” in two days flat. I’m a history buff and I’ve learned quite a bit of history through your novels. I particularly enjoy the historical notes at the end of each of your historical novels where you set the record straight. I a curious to know if we will see Sharpe and Uhtred again or maybe you will present us with a new hero/character in a new series???

John Balian