Dear Mr Cornwell.
I have no doubt you receive thousands of messages like this but this is the first letter of appreciation I’ve written to an author.
I wanted simply to thank you for the many hours of enjoyment your books have given me.
I have always enjoyed historical novels (The Flashman series brought me great joy) but for some reason I only recently began to read Sharpe and have quickly devoured every one! That , in turn, lead me to the Grail Quest series, Last Kingdom and the Starbuck Chronicles.
How someone can develop such a breadth of historical knowledge and turn it into such great story telling is , to my mind, simply astonishing.
What I really love is the fact that I have come to learn so much about historical events where my knowledge was rusty to say the least. You have prompted me to research conflicts from Salamanca to Crecy to Bull Run.
I have just completed Sharpe’s Assassin and am currently dealing with the sense of loss I always feel after finishing one of your books !
Once again, many thanks for all you have written.
Sincerely,
Bob Walker