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I have read the entire Sharpe series several times and all it has done is leave me hungry for more. I want to know what happened to Antonia. Did Sharpe ever revenge himself on Morris, and he really should get his money back from his wife. What ever happen to his family in the future. I WANT MORE Thank you, Jeffery Chambrovich

All my family wants for Christmas is the further adventures of Uhtred of Bebbanburg. A very merry Christmas to you and yours.
Joshua Davis

Hello, My name is David Groveman, and I am a playwright, screen writer and devout reader. I decided to write into you because of a play I've started that was inspired by your Sharpe series (I've just finished Escape). It is a Pantomime where I've adapted the Commedia characters into the British army. The story surrounds Lieutenant Panto (Pantolone or Groucho Marx) who is already middle aged despite his rank, seeking to get his son promoted to get more money without doing more work. I'd love to send you a snippet. Enough about me though, let's focus on you. I love your books. Besides my current adventuring with Captain (at the moment) Sharpe, I've experienced King Arthur, The 100 Years War, The Civil War (Up to Antietam... AHEM!), and read about Stonehenge. I love your books and your characters, Sharpe most of all. If I had one complaint it's that I read you too fast. I can down a Sharpe novel in two days of commuting. At $14 a pop, that works to roughly $35 a week to keep occupied on the Bus into Manhattan. So I request either longer novels or lower prices.

I'll include below a monologue from the play. (It's a Panto so everything is allowed to be historically inaccurate. They're all clowns.) In the scene Brigadier General Sir Reginald Southham is admiring his troops as the march towards the French lines (to their deaths). Brig Southham: Look at them, Pomfrey. Behold my men, marching in their neat little rows. Ten by ten as God intended infantry to be& Columns my good man. Would you look at that? Them! You can blast those daft French with their moronic notions. Innovation & Poppycock! Innovation, my dear Pomfrey, is a nasty habit. Now I tell you that if one is to achieve a proper victory, one must employ precision marching and drill. Guerrilla warfare? When have monkeys defeated a well-drilled column of British musketry? Pomfrey, what was that noise? Pomfrey? Why did that man on the left fall over? Never mind that, theyve broken formation. Damn it all! Can you believe the audacity? Who ever heard of employing cannon on standard infantry formations? These French will stoop to anything. It is as if they expect we should allow our men to break rank and protect themselves. Why on earth would we do a thing like that? No matter, marching in neat columns worked for Rome and it will most assuredly work for us, only better. For after all, WE are British. Thanks for reading! DG

Just wanted to thank you for many hours of enjoyment I have been the beneficiary of by your writing. Cheers. +Paul

Our 11 year old son came upon Sharpe's Escape in the Oakland Public Library. He's keen on the Napoleonic Wars and Marshall Ney. This young lover of history and the classics was supremely happy to come upon this book. Now as I see the website he'll be thoroughly happy to peruse it. He's a voracious reader and it's not easy finding avenues or discussions for one so young. Thank you for your work.

Erin Jaeb

I just thought I would write and tell you the story of how i fell in love with your books, i hope it doesn't bore you too much. I am a serving soldier in the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, during my time in depot para I went to the market in Richmond (N.Yorks) and stumbled across a copy of Sharpe's tiger which I used to fill in my weekends in the block! this was in 1999 and since then i have taken at least one of your books to Northern Ireland thrice, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Falkland islands, Holland, Germany, Ascension island, America, Italy, France, not to mention all the short exercises and stop overs in other countries. I have found reading your books a great way of escaping to a different world, albeit one which still has many resemblances to modern day soldiering, and i hope you will keep the books coming until well after my army career ends (potentially another 14 to 18 years!) all the best, Adam Jackson.

Dear Mr. Cornwell, Your novels have for years given me much pleasure. I recently finished reading the latest one in the Grail series and am now in the middle of Sword Song. Three problems have been bothering me that I thought I would mention to you. First, your antagonists exert enormous energy during their battles, but the hero never seems to become weary at the end -- no emotional or physical let down or exhaustion. This seems very unreal. Second, in Sword Song Uhtred, the narrator, in describing the battle before Ludd's Gate mentions a time interval of ten minutes -- a jarring anachronism. And finally a howler: Father Pyrlig mangles Sigefrid's sword arm on p. 64 of Sword Song, but later on before the walls of London Sigefrid wields a battle ax, seemingly with no impairment. Sincerely, Jay Bachrach

Hello Mr Cornwell, I am a huge fan of yours, having read every Sharpe novel along with the Grail Quest novels and the Warlord Chronicles (twice). The reason I'm writing is that I have recently picked up the Grail Quest and have started reading it again. First I must state that I lived in France for eleven years and, obviously, went to French school there. The reason I'm telling you this is that in the beginning of the Harlequin I noticed Will Skeat asked Thomas what La Roche-Derrien meant. His answer was ignorance to it's meaning but a guess that it may mean the Rock in back (though you didn't phrase it quite like that :) ). Now we all know Thomas' French is perfect and he pulled it (the translation) out of Derrien resembling derrière. Though this may be the true meaning of the town's name, though I highly doubt it, if you were to ask a Frenchman with no knowledge of the town what the meaning of the name is, the first thing to come to mind would not have been derrière as much as de rien: of nothing. Though not a harm to the story itself, you did not portray Thomas as a jester at that moment in the book, nor his explanation as being a jest, I therefore humbly disagree with Thomas coming up with that as the meaning of the name (though I understand that as your character you are obviously right to put any words in his mouth) I do believe as a man brought up in France, in French (me I mean), that Thomas would have immediately seen the link between Derrien and de rien, which would mean that he would have translated it in one of two ways: either as the rock of nothing or the rock of welcome (de rien being the customary response in France to anyone thanking you for something) either of which I find fit better with a small worthless town on the French coast. I thank you for reading this and thank you for your incredible and inspiring work. My regards Kevin

Mr Cornwell: I checked out and read Stonehenge from my public library years ago...Since then I have read the Arthur series, the Saxon Tales, Gallows Thief and am have just started book three of the Grail Quest!!! :)(My daughter has just started to read the 1st book in the Grail Quest!!) (I also have just ordered two of your older books from Amazon, "The Fallen Angels" & "The Crowning Mercy" )I can't get enough of your books! I inhale them!!!!! I am a very busy person yet I still find time to read read & read some more!!!! I LOVE your books......I have always lived in a fantasy world and have a crazy imagination.....I truly get immersed in your writing, I am an artist in my spare time and have vivid images of your books and characters in my mind. Thank you for that!!! My great Grandma was the bastard child of the Prince of Prussia in 1895. I have always been told by my Grandma that I am royalty/BLUE BLOOD she would say!!! LOL Too bad there is no longer a Prussia left for me to rule. :)I enjoy reading about your nobles and high birth characters, etc, etc......I also love to hate some of your priest characters....... and your villains are perfectly evil! I fancy Thomas and Uhtred very much as well.......Gallow's thief was a great read too! I sucked that down in about 2 days.....(Only because I own a business and actually had to WORK, and I also have horses to take care of and TEENAGERS.....WHOAH....) I do bring whatever book I am reading to work with me everyday, my Husband and I work together and have an hour drive every morning, he drives, I read........it works well, I don't like paying too much attention to his driving ANYWAY.......LOL...... You are a wonderful author and I have quite the collection started of your books.......I may even start reading the Sharpe Series to see what that's all about. :)When my art studio is finished, your books will be lovingly displayed in my library along with my other favorite authors. Til then I shall keep collecting and will be patiently waiting to hear more from Uhtred. :)
Druanne

Mr. Cornwell, Presently I am reading your book "Sharpe's Tiger"; which has indeed been a compelling and enjoyable read thus far. Just wanted to commend you for your fine authorship and your attention to historical authenticity. I consider myself a avid historian with a profound passion for the American Civil War period and the Napoleonic Era. Having stated such, historical authenticity is important to me when I read a historical novel. You truly have won another avid and loyal reader of your exceptional work. I lavish the thought of reading more in the Sharpe series. I am the son of an English mother, native of Peterbrough. Have visited England several times. In essence your work has proven to be a enjoyable read. Best of luck and blessings in your future novelist endeavors. Richard Burton