Hi Bernard, I am a 21 year old uni student who lives in Australia and absolutely loves everything you put out. This is just a short note to say thank you very much for the fiction you write, whether it be Sharpe, Starbuck, the Arthur books or the Grail quest. As you are only humanly able to put out one or two books a year I was just wondering what books you read and what other historical fiction authors you enjoy? Also, I won’t ask (as I see you get the question ALL the time!) but I hope you do put out another couple of Starbuck books. I know with all the Sharpe’s you have been putting out, writing a Starbuck as well would be difficult in one year. I do hope however that all the requests eventually show you that there is something about the Starbuck character that makes reading those books both enjoyable and intriguing in a very different way to the sharpe character. Anyway, thank you very much again for all your work and please, please keep those books coming. Is there any chance you will be visiting Australia for a book signing at some stage? James Watson Melbourne Australia