Mr. Cornwell, I just finished ‘The Winter King’ and have already picked up the sequels. A truly amazing book and I enjoyed reading it immensely! I am a college student in the US at the moment and also an aspiring writer. I am between a two majors, simply History and English. Maybe I should combine them haha. I have a couple questions on writing in general and then about your books and it would be an honor if you could reply to any of them: Do you believe that going into the history field of study would have strengthened your writing, or would you say that personal research is the best way to go? I write short stories, but I am having trouble stepping up to historical fiction. I am fascinated by almost all periods, but have always wanted to write a novel on the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. However, I tend to focus too much on the history and always stop my writing process believing that I could never do justice to the historical players involved. Is there a point where you just have to let your own descriptions and ideas about certain historical figures into the story – do you have to just admit to yourself that you can’t get everything right and move on? When, for you, does the research stop and the writing begin? Or do you research as you write and change certain facts and points in your novels along the way to adhere to your historical research? I noticed that you, or should I say Susannah Kells, wrote ‘A Crowning Mercy’. Have you ever considered writing a novel now on that era of history? I know that you could put Alexandre Dumas to shame if you did! I bet that a lot of readers would love to see you tackle the Renaissance and Early Modern Europe. I sure would! Thank you very much for taking the time to read my post. Hope you have a great day. Thanks again. Jordan E. Davis