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Hi Mr Cornwell,

Just read The Starbuck Chronicles all I can say is excellent read.

Others have asked, are you going to write more, in "Your Questions" I hope so, too.

Kind regards

David Haskins

Dear Mr Cornwell,

This is the first time that I have ever written to any author, but I am entranced with this series. I have watched The Last Kingdom TV series and loved it, but these books I am listening on audio books and I can't stop listening to them. I am now excited to read all your books. I am passionate about English History and although I have lived in Australia for many years now I grew up in England and have been to almost every castle and famous battle sites in England and Wales. So thank you for these amazing books. They are truly magical.

Regards

Keith McDonald

Mr. Cornwell-

I originally stumbled upon your first book in this series, taken by the subject matter as I am an avid reader of this time period through the Middle Ages. Couldn't wait to continue reading the series. Then it became a TV series- how fortunate. Your writing style is engrossing. I enjoy the humor you insert. Yes, I find Uhtred irreverently funny. Please continue the series for as long as possible( he/Uhtred is advancing in age.., but there is always his children). I am now going to submerge myself in your other series. Because of my interest in Middle Ages, can't wait for Fools and Mortals to come out. Thank you for taking up a pen.

Carole

 

Love your books ... Saxon series and the Sharpe novels.

Brian

I've enjoyed your novels, reading most twice and some three times, but I also enjoy your replies to emails; they are informative, always polite, and never give the impression that you are vain or pompous.

 

Best regards,

 

Ron

Dear Bernard,

As someone who has bought every book and savored every sentence you have published, I always considered myself something of an authority on your work. However, I NEVER realized until today while perusing your website in detail that Sharpe' s Eagle was the first one in the series you wrote. Being a very linear thinker myself I assumed that the characters were developed that way, more or less. But you started in the middle and hopped merrily about in both directions! How on earth does one do that? That only deepens my appreciation of your incredible work, which I would never have believed possible until today. What always amazed me up until now was your ability to use different writing styles unique to each series, each incredible in their own right. Thus, the Sharpe books, the Arthur books, the Starbuck Chronicles, etc., each seem to be the brilliant work of different authors. I know of no other writer who has ever accomplished that. You're simply the best in the business for many distinct reasons. Thanks, and please keep the hits coming!

John Marshall Smith

 

I've enjoyed all of the Uhtred books, but chapter six of the Flame Bearer blew me away...  Uhtred at his best!  Great writing.

Best wishes,

Andy

Dear Mr. Cornwell!

The first book I got was "Excalibur". I read it several times. Yesterday I finished reading "Stonehenge", I had tears in my eyes, because I did not want to part with the characters of this book.

You have an amazing skill to combine reality with fiction, to tell stories through the feelings and thoughts of people, to immerse in a reliable historical environment, filling famous events with the breath of life.

I like your thoughts and the way you express them.

Today started reading "The Last Kingdom". I have a presentiment of an exciting journey.

Thank you!

Sorry, my bad English.

Natalia Andreeva

I just want to thank you for creating such amazing works!  I love your Last Kingdom novels and just ordered in Sword Song and The Burning Land.  While waiting for these books to come in so I could continue on in the series I purchased The Winter King, I have to tell you it captured me just as much as the Last Kingdom series.  You are truly gifted. Thank you for keeping me from doing such tedious tasks as housework and cooking, I know have dishes piled high and a stack of frozen pizza's in the freezer!

Faye Kiss

I have been going through the Saxon Tales (Last Kingdom) and have found them an interesting read. I saw where you mentioned that most English have no idea about how Englaland (England) came about. Such a shame as prior to the sixties the overwhelming majority of people in England were of Saxon  descent (along with Danish, Frisian, Angles and Jutes). I quite agree with your portrayal of Alfred (though you sometinmes give him less credit then he deserves). The almost unthinking support of the church even in times of military crisis is incredible and if I may say foolish given the threats. That Alfred's remains wound up in what eventually became a prison and his remains scattered is also incredible (recently part of his bones were thought to be discovered). Interesting that you yourself only discovered the history of your family upon meeting your birth father...it shows how much of our history has been lost. You may disagree with me but I feel it is because of religion that our ancestry and culture has been tossed to the dust bin. The old relgion tied ancestry to the culture which has been thrown away. My mother's family is Saxon but ones that stayed on the continent so I have a knowledge of the culture and period you write of.

I have not been to Bamburg but have been to  "Eoforwic" and "Beornice.". You don't mention  Æthelfrith (Ida's grandson) who essentially created Northumbria. At times I think you tend to make the lefe and time a bit too crude (people in modern times are given to thinking of the people in the past as less intelligent and capable then themselves). The nobles especially tended to be less rude in their language and sress and mindfull of both in historical accounts. Also there were stone building crafted by the Anglo Saxons and a few have managed to survive. Unfortunately these were not exactly prized by the Normans and they were dismantled and used for other things by the less than repectful conquerers from Normandy.

 

Perhaps a little more attention could have been given to the Heathen beliefs of Uthred and the remnants of the Saxon believers in Forn Sidr.

 

Regards,

 

John v. Ziechmann,