Dear Mr Cornwell,
I have read all of your books, and I avidly wait the next one, whatever period it covers. I don’t know whether you have picked up on the debate (a polite word for the wrangling going on) over the final resting place of Richard III, now his body has been found. Many people have commented on the fact that the vast bulk of novels about Richard have been written by women. I hope that once you have reached the end of the tales of Thomas of Hookton, you will cast your eyes upon the Wars of the Roses. I would be fascinated to hear your “take” on Richard. Somehow, my mental portrait of him is of a Sharpe-type character. An able soldier, a leader of men, a man of fierce loyalty to his brother & his wife, who did not expect to become king. He was cheated by some he trusted, and ultimately abandoned by people who thought they would be better rewarded by his enemy. I think you would do him justice.
Elizabeth Titley