Your Questions

Dear Bernard,

Have you ever considered a writing historical novel or series set in the Golden Age of Piracy? I would love you follow one of your swashbuckling, roguish protagonists through the rise and decline of such an iconic era.

Best wishes,

Luke

Dear Bernard

wondered if you'd ever thought of Sharpe meeting the Black Stumps 1 day and what your own thoughts were on this unit.

Regards

Geraint

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I just discovered there has been a new book in Sharpe's series. So I instantly bought Sharpe’s Assassin on Kindle and started reading it. In the first 25 paged, I ran into a strange thing when Lt.Col Sharpe talks to Major Vincent. Major Vincent refers to the Colonel as Sharpe, while Lt.Col Sharpe refers to the Major as sir, repeatedly. What's happening here?

Sharath Shetty

Hello Bernard,

how are you keeping?

I know that you are not looking at returning to the Starbuck books any time soon, but I was wondering if you had any plans for writing a book on the battle of Gettysburg?

Piers Renfree

Dear Sir,

I have read all your Sharpe series as well as 8 others. You have an amazing talent for historical fiction, and I thank you. It appears in Sharpe's Assassin that this is the end of your Sharpe series, but you tantalizingly say in the "historical note" that you will leave Sharpe "for the moment" in Normandy. Long live Sharpe and Harper.  By the way, if Col. Lanier is the monster in Napoleon's army, then surely Sharpe is the monster in the Duke's army.  And yet for some reason Lucille loves him. A bit more information on her feelings and perspective toward him would be very nice. Will Sharpe's Command address this?  Thanks so much.

With great respect,

Roger Nye

I have loved The Last Kingdom series (I wish there was one more book honestly to wrap it up).  Are there plans or have you thought of writing a book about Uhtred's ancestor that first came to Bebbanburg (as Uhtred mentions in the series)?

Craig Johnston

Hello Bernard.

I’m sorry if this is a duplicate question - my first attempt seems to have been flagged as spam.

Nicholas Hook is a great character who hasn’t been heard from in a few years. Shouldn’t he have a date with Verneuil?

Shawn

Mr. Cornwell,

I hope this email finds you well. I have been reading Jason Salkey's book and was wondering whether you had heard anything about prospective future TV episodes of Sharpe? Either reboot or with original cast?

Best,

Tom Rogan

 

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I am wondering if you might have an interest in bringing the splendid naval career of Sir Alan Lewry to a proper conclusion.  Dewey Lambdin passed away about a year ago, leaving his twenty-sixth Lewry novel unfinished.  I can think of no one better than yourself to tie this bow together.  I do not know if you are interested or how you would proceed if you are.  But it just seems so right.

Charles Cottrell

Sharpe's Baltimore cousin

Sorry if my subject lines sounds a bit like a bad play title! First, thank you for the hours of reading enjoyment, I read my first book about the formidable Richard Sharpe during my college years and still turn to your books when a much needed respite from today’s brutal world can only be satisfied by a grounded tale of duty, honor and determination.  Thank you for all the amazing journeys I’ve been on across the face of Europe and India and elsewhere and else-when.

I’m finally reading Sharpe’s Assassin - it’s been well worth the wait - currently about a third through when Sharpe mentions to Alan Fox that he has a cousin living in Baltimore. That struck me as more than just an interesting aside, is there more to come involving this mysterious American relative of Lt Col Sharpe?

John Bryan