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Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have read the Saxon Stories (twice), the Warlord Chronicles Trilogy, The Grail Quest series, and the Starbuck Chronicles. And I must say you are an astoundingly gifted writer. The tales of Uhtred are my favourite of those series, I also think that with the proper funding it could be made into an killer feature film series (at least matching the epic level of Star Wars or Lord of the Rings). Another satisfied customer, Ali Abadi

Bernard. Robert Douglas was asking on Sept 20 about the Black Douglas. Nigel Tranter wrote an excellent novel about The Black Douglas, and Douglas himself was a major character in Tranter's trilogy on Robert The Bruce, including mentioning the incident of taking the Bruce's heart to the crusades - in fact the war to drive the Moors from Spain. Good reads and should be in libraries if not on Amazon. Chris P

With regard to your question about a novel featuring Sir James Douglas (the Black Douglas)Nigel Tranter's The Bruce Trilogy: "Steps to the Empty Throne", "Price of the King's Peace" and "Path of the Hero King" frequently features Sir James. Tranter also wrote another novel entitled "The Black Douglas". However, this relates to the struggle between the Black Douglas family and the Stewart monarchs during the 1400s and concludes with James II of Scotland stabbing the Earl of Douglas to death.. Again let me say that I enjoy every one of your novels and I hope that you will return to Nate Starbuck in the not too distant future. In my opinion your Starbuck novels are the best I have ever read on the American Civil War.
John Pilkington

Hi, I'm from Brazil! And I'm here just to THANKS for the amazing books! Especially for the trilogies: The Archer e The King of Winter!. books are fantastic! And you writes in a very incendiary and deals with two things simply got real fascination! This was medieval and military confrontations, wonderfully well narrated by sir! Congratulations, big hug from a big fan! Marcelo.

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have seen many people asking for the next book of the Saxon Stories in the 'Questions' section of this page. Further to that I have had joy in seeing your answer that it will probably be the next book you will approach. This is just a short note, hopefully adding to more and more others, to say that it is by far the book I am most desperately looking forward to read. After finishing the Sharpe series, I have read the first 4 books of the Saxon stories in two weeks and I really enjoyed the reading. I guess I will bridge the time with Azincourt. Best regards from Hamburg, Germany Torben Beckmann

Dear Sir! I have been reading your books. Please write faster! Best regards, Fredric

I'm not sure if you already know this, but an interview with you has been posted on YouTube in six parts. I don't know how long ago it occurred, but you were interviewed by Barbara Peters of Poisoned Pen Press and Bookstore, in Arizona. The URL of the first clip is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PxvYlyl4U&feature=related. I hope you find this of interest, Best wishes, Stan Oakley, MD

Dear Bernard Cornwell, By way of introduction, I am an emeritus, my love was always mediaeval literature, and I wrote my dissertation, years ago now, on mediaeval poetics. And I have read all my life, many things in all fields as long as I find them well written. I have just finished Chapter 10 in Lords of the North, and to tell you the truth, it is some of the best writing I have read since that beautiful scene in "Njals Saga" where Njal and his wife are found as if asleep under the leather blanket after the fire. The fight between Kjaertan and Ragnar is as well thought through as anything I have ever seen, and the miracle of Beocca in the healing of Thyra is absolutely superb, rarely does it happen to me, but I wept and wept when I read it. I am now seventy-eight, I have read much, but this writing is tops in style, in content, and in the grasp of the mediaeval mind, and still my words do not capture the beauty of these scenes. Thank you so much. Respectfully, John Poynter

Thank you for the Saxon Stories. I cried - actually cried....; a grown man, crying while reading a book about Vikings. You are the best! I was shocked by how Sword Song ended so abruptly. It never occurred to me you would be writing a 5th book, so thank you for doing so! I'm off to Stonehenge next, then the Arthur books, at your recommendation. You don't need to write back - I know you love me! Andy

I am 25 years old and I constantly read books from Conn Iggulden, David Gemmell and Steven Pressfield. I like to think of myself as a connoisseur as I only read about sword warfare such as Alexander's conquests and Caesar's exploits. I read your Warlord series and thought they were EXCELLENT. I have just finished Sword Song and I thought the whole series was SUPERB, I am so attached to Uhtred after the fourth book now that I am already desperate for the release of the next book in the series. If you want a good read yourself then I suggest you read the new version of Troy by David Gemmell it is quite amazing. I just wanted to say how brilliantly fantastic your stories and writing is and please never stop providing us with your books. Thank you so much for the stories, I truly mean it, thank you.
Daniel Waite

Howdy Mr. Cornwell, I don't want you to read my manuscript or review my book idea. I'm just a fan and since you've got a contact page, I figured I'd drop you a line and tell you I enjoy your work. One of my old high school buddies turned me on to the Sharpe novels about 20 years ago or so and since then I've probably read about everything you've written. I've got a battered old collection of SHARPE novels that I reread periodically and I take great pleasure in hunting down your latest works on EBay from England(so I can get them a little earlier than generally available here in the states). I look forward to AGINCOURT. Have a good day Sir, I appreciate your efforts and I remain.... A Fan, L.T. Russell