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I read Maxwell's recent review of you book. I did so because I was interested in the subject, but found his review some what... I may buy this book. However, I wonder about your views with respect to his review. No matter. I may still buy it. None the less. Erik

Mr. Cornwell- I have a request for you to forward on to the "powers that be". I have read all of the Saxon Stories and am starting to listen to them on my i-pod to relieve the drudgery while on the treadmill. The only versions available on i-tunes for purchase are the abridged versions. It would be great to have unabridged versions available there like they have of the Sharpe books and Stonehenge. Thanks again for your prolific work. Tod Reed (Indiana)

You get this question all time I know, but with regards to getting back to Starbuck, which is my favorite series of yours after the Warlord Chronicles, why not just a three page story telling us he died of his wounds so we can stop panging for the completion of the series? I can't bear it anymore! Thanks for the hours of entertainment. Anticipated answer: I do hope to get back to Starbuck someday... Joe

Dear Mr Cornwell, I have just finished reading Azincourt, and would just like to say thank you for creating (again) an absorbing and interesting storyline. Having been an archer myself for 10 or so years, and shooting the longbow (although I could never draw more than about 80lb) some of the passages in the book captured for me what shooting the longbow was all about, and brought back some very happy memories, i.e. 60 archers in line sending a (little) storm of arrows across an ornamental lake in the grounds of a English Statley Home. Many thanks and keep up the good work. P.S Will we see anything more of Mr Hook?

Peter Clarke

I have probably read over 75 books in the last year and a half but I have to say that Agincourt is the best of the bunch. It is absolutely fantastic and I only hope that sometime you may continue the saga of Nick Hook, Sir John and the rest of the very believable characters. You gave me a great view of how it was to fight in those very bloody days. Thank you for reviving the art of believable fiction and frankly for me it did not seem like fiction. Lee McColligan

Bernard - I listened to you speaking on Radio 4 today, and have read the Saxon books; I was interested to hear that you thought nobody had been in a shield wall these days. In fact being in the police now, in the riot unit, is very close to it! Long (Roman style?) shields have been replaced with circular ones and the training is to interlink, to 'hold the line' and to keep a running line, just as it would have been all those years ago. I myself have been in a unit of 5 men plus me 'steering' (one holds onto the belts of the men in front and acts as their 'eyes' so to speak) rushing into 2,000 Manchester Utd fans to snatch-out a steward who had been pulled into the block and was being beaten up. Please feel free to contact me should you so wish for a beefed-up version of events - particularly how the adrenalin high keeps you able to perform superhuman feats of strength, and how the post action slump sends you into an awful slump of fatigue. I thoroughly recommend that you attend one of the training days the various police forces run in a sort of fake town where petrol bombs etc are thrown at the serials to see for yourself how intense the experience really is. regards, Alan P, Lincolnshire (proud Saxon peasant)

Dear Bernard: No manuscripts or ideas, here, just a profound thank you for a wonderful book - Agincourt. Truly splendid, and the characters and dialogue were just brilliant (and the fact that a guy from Brooklyn actually used that last word is, quite frankly, praise enough.) On top of that, I have been wonderfully surprised that the Sharpe series from PBS is actually based on your books! Time to get buying because that Long Island Railroad commute is as fun as a death march without a book. Congratulation again on Agincourt. Semper fi, Dan Harnett Blue Point, NY

Hello dear Bernard! I love your books.I have read your books about the lords of the north, and I love this book!! This is the best books that I have read in my life!! You are one of the best writers of the world for me, really! I want more books about the lord of the north! I need tell you this!! Thanks for your art!! Regards from the South Of Spain!!! PS: Sorry for my bad english :(, Sara

Excellent interview Mr Cornwell,, I truly enjoyed it all so I really am looking forward to the next book in the Saxon series. Brian Falk

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Tony Tulloch