Hi Mr Cornwell,

been a fan of your work since my dad gave me Sharpe’s Tiger to have read and see what you think , 40+ books later and still hooked . We’ve all got our favourite characters but honestly have you ever written one as nice as Patrick Harper ? If we all had a one of him in our lives we’d all be happy , the bit in Sharpe’s assassin where Sharpe says “ don’t come back with a monkey “ but you know fine well there’s a monkey coming back really tickled me , thanks for all the great reads and hope this message finds you in good health .

Paul Dawson