Hello Mr. Cornwell,
This just to say that I think you have encouraged me to write historical fiction because each time I write an episode of an historical novel that I’m writing your ‘Sharpe’ novels spring to mind.
The novel is set during the English civil war and I was over-concerned about historical accuracy, but having read your advice about this a few minutes ago I’m now less concerned about it.
I will restrict the amount of historical description to the about the same amount of historical description that is in the Sharpe novels.
Your advice about publishing was also very useful.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Gresham