Dear Mr Cornwell,
I just want to say thank you!
I’m an italian girl and I can say that I grown up with your novels. Now I’m 25, but I met Derfel when I was only 9: I’ve always loved reading stories and I was looking for something new in my city’s library. Of course, I didn’t like childrens’ books..they were too easy for my taste ;) so on a shelf I found a big grey book with a silver helm on the cover..and it caught my attention. I can say that it was the beginning of the end :D The Arthur Books, Grail Quest, Stonehenge, Azincourt, 1356, all I can find published in Italian. Well, I admit..I haven’t read Sharpe Books anymore. I don’t know why, but in my heart bows and swords beat bayonets and guns (but never say never). That’s why I literally fell in love with The Saxon Series: it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read. I don’t know if I cried more at the end of The Pagan Lord or when I heard about the publication of The Empty Throne! Now I’m waiting for the Italian launch of the last books..even if I’ll probably start reading them in English, I can’t stand it anymore!
I apologise for the lenght of my email -and for my English too-, but I really wanted to thank you for keeping me company (in the past, in the present and in the future too) with your amazing novels!
Waiting for a thousand more Uthred’s battles,
Beatrice