Hello Mr Cornwell, just wanted to reinforce your comment about Conn Iggulden’s ‘Emperor’ series of books…they are indeed superb and would recommend them to anyone who has enjoyed any of your ‘Saxon,Arthur and Grail Quest’ books.For me ,the most enjoyable have been your Arthur books..i have read them several times over and am immersed completely each time i do so.I am also lucky enough to have first editions of all your non-Sharpe books from Winter King onwards.I do have one question about Lancelot however.What made you write him as a coward? I have to say I have had many interesting conversations because of this! Oh, one last thing….I also think your sailng thrillers were fantastic and should not be forgotten! Many thanks for many hours of reading pleasure, Neil Millington

Mr. Cornwell, I am impressed with your website. It is very rare that a successful author takes the time to respond to his fans in such an open manner and I want you to know it means a lot to us. I always wanted to read a great Arthur story and never found one I quite liked. While I was deployed overseas a friend of mine told me to read a book of his called “The Winter King” and needless to say, I was hooked. Your trilogy takes up three slots in my top 10. I absolutely love the story. And I often don’t like to mix first person narration with my fantasy-esque stories, but Derfel’s voice was perfect. Your depiction of the Tristan and Iseault is my favorite version. It is perfectly written. You never lapse into melodrama and make the story all the more tragic. And the small references to Tristan and Iseult throughout the rest of the books are subtle and well crafted. I’ve often wondered though about your motivation to make Lancelot so despicable. I’ve often been in the minority when it comes to “classic Lancelot” despite all the literature that makes him out to be such a great hero. In the end he still messed around with his best friend’s wife and never seemed to hold himself accountable. So when I first met Lancelot in “the Winter King” I really felt like finally someone had nailed this character down. Do you have any personal reasons for his depiction or was it merely to shake up the legend a bit? Anyhow thanks for the great reading. I’ve gone on to the Grail series and am finding great. Simon