Mr Cornwell, I have written many times before but not for sometime. Can I first add my congratulations and thankyou for The Pale Horseman. I have some questions for you. When you are writing a novel, particularly when it’s the first of a series, do you worry that another author could be working on/bring out a novel on the same subject?

And when writing, let’s say the first Alfred novel, do you do research to see if there are any books already out on that subject?

Finally do you think that you will ever write your biography? Once again thankyou in advance, best wishes, Barry Evans, Doncaster, UK