Hi Bernard, I would like to start off by thanking you for getting me into reading. I’ve never been one for reading but after 24 years of my Father raving on about it I finally picked up your Harlequin and couldn’t put it down. To discover near the end of the book that there were two more books I went straight out and bought them. If I were to try and list all the things I like about the books and your writing I would be here all day but your books have rekindled my love for history and have encouraged me to look into our (English) incredible history. I’m just about to finish with Sharpe’s time in India and will be moving onto Arthur, then returning to Sharpe’s time in France. I have to say that the Sharpe books are fantastic and I’m hooked. I had sent you an email asking about the order of the Sharpe series, as in the books inside covers it says that ‘Eagle’ comes before ‘Havoc’ but on the web site it says other wise. Looking into this I’ve found that Wellesley arrived in Lisbon on the 22nd March 1809 which would mean that ‘Eagle’ (which is set in July 1809) would be the latter of the two books. This brings up the question of, how hard is it to bring in a book between two previously written books and do you enjoy writing them as much as a story with a blank canvas? Thank you for being such a fantastic author and for writing such great books. I look forward to starting The last Kingdom after Arthur and Sharpe and when someone has them in stoke. Thank you again, yours faithfully, Greg.

P.S. When did you realise you had an extraordinary gift to captivate people with words and your imagination?