Dear Mr Cornwell, I am a historian and a teacher of history, (no I’m not going to try and nit-pick), but I would like to thank you for the hours of pleasure I have gained from reading your books. I am also a living historian who tries to recreate American history and it was the Starbuck books that first got me hooked on your writing. It was the reading of historical novels which first fired an interest in history in me and your novels would certainly encourage people to delve deeper into the histories of periods you write so well about. Once again many thanks. James