Greetings Mr. Cornwell My name is Martin Page and I am a avid reader of your Historical novels. I am a member in a living History group and as such I really appreciate your kind of realism and eye for detail. I find it a sad Commentary on our times that many historical stories, admittedly most in Movie format, deviate so far from Historical accuracy. In that your books represent, at least for me, a refreshment. I find my self able to experience past times in full through your descriptive but still captivating writing style. The reason I am writing you is because I was wondering if you might be interested in writing a book about the German Landsknecht of the 16th century. I my self portray such a person in my group and find the Landsknecht to be a Historical anomaly like few others. The word Landsknecht describes a German mercenary of the 16th century. The earliest usage of the word for this specific type of Mercenary was in the late 1480s and described them until their disappearance at the end of the 30 years war. The Landsknecht are the German counterpart to the well known Swiss Guard. What makes the Landsknecht so unusual in their Historical setting is that they by decree of the Holy Roman Emperor where exempt of the sumptuary laws, had immunity of the Church and Secular powers, meaning that they fell under regimental law and justice only and that there Regiments had a very , for there times, democratic and power division set up. I am sure that if you where interested in the subject you would find these people just as fascinating as I. I understand that you probably have many projects that you would like to complete before even considering, if at all, my suggestion. But if you did decide to write a story about Landsknecht you would be assured at least one buyer. Martin Page