Hello Mr Cornwell, I hope this message finds you well. I’m not normally one for bothering people to tell them I think they are brilliant but for some reason I really felt the need to. I am currently reading ‘The Pale Horseman’ in the middle of my fourth journey through the saxon books, (my favourite series of all that you have written) and was wondering if you have any plans for the next book as I am desperate to find out what happens!

Also I did read that you are unable to use peoples ideas for a book due to lawyers but does this still apply if you are being asked to document part of a family’s history? I only ask because there is a story passed down through my Mothers family that “7 stalwart Fletchers died at a battle near here” The battle this relates to is the battle of Towton in the English Civil War ‘when cock beck ran red with blood’ and more Englishmen relative to the population at the time died than even during the Somme! The most intriguing part of the family story is that due to where they were living at the time the ‘7 Stalwart Fletchers’ could have had mixed loyalties and been on different sides and yet more Fletchers must have survived or I wouldn’t be here! We never have and never will known the full truth but as a family would love the story to be written and feel that no one would be able to do it justice quite like we feel you would be able to. Sorry if I’ve wasted your time but I had to try, I just wish I had the skill to turn this small gem of information into a masterpiece. Yours Faithfully, Ross Davies