I have been, until recently, what is commonly known as a “Lapsed Reader”; avid until I discovered women; and then …. That is, until my father (in his mid-seventies) started waffling on about Sharpe, and how amusing, exciting and well researched your books were. I was still unmoved. Then, on our weekly outing to Tesco’s, he saw the first of your two Grail Quest books in a special offer double package. Needless to say, he bought them for me and now I’m ‘Hookton-hooked – as it were! I, of course, have now just finished both Heretic; and now today, Azincourt. Looking at you recent correspondence and feedback, it would seem that you have many more potential ‘irons in the fire’; however, perhaps maybe Thomas can fly once more? As the remaining characters at the end of the Heretic, and the historical events during their forthcoming time-line, perhaps give the potential for one last fling. At the very least, it will prevent me from having to try to sample the other love of my father’s literary life – Zane Grey.
Steve Foulds