Dear Mr Cornwell, Just before Christmas, I enjoyed my 21st birthday and this year, just like every year I can remember, I received a copy of one of your books. Having read them all, I would like to complain very strongly about how you caused me countless sleepless nights (when I said “I’ll just finish this page”); for being told off for reading at the dinner table; and especially for making me wait two whole years for Excalibur! With those off my chest, I’d like to thank you for a superb collection of books all of which I enjoy immensely, especially the Warlord Chronicles, undoubtably the finest books I’ve ever read! I could ask you a thousand questions, but I’m sure you’re grateful that I won’t, instead I’ll limit myself to asking “out of all your many characters, which is your favourite creation?” (I won’t allow you to say Sharpe, even though he pays the gas bill…) Thank you very much for all your brilliant creations and I wish you luck in whatever adventure you embark on next! Matt Cowan