I would just like to praise you for the Saxon series. I absolutely love the story and am chomping at the bit to get the next installment. Best wishes and keep up the good work.
Dan VanDevelde
please, please, please write a fifth book for the Nathanial Starbuck chronicles. I have read everything that you have written so far, and it is all great, but there seems to be something lacking at the end of the fourth book.
Beth Drake
Mr Cornwell, If I may be so bold as to ask something of you, not to read a manuscript or find me a publisher or agent, but please, COME TO AUSTRALIA. You are my most favourite author, I adore your books and I feel as though I am really in the world of your characters. I become so absorbed that I forget what other things I need to be doing. I am currently reading The Winter King and can't put it down! Stonehenge was the most magnificent book I have ever read and I am just waiting for some more time to pass before I read it again! I should very much love to meet you were you to come to Australia (Sydney). Thank you for your books, your imagination and your gift. Jenna
Thanks! I'll try my best to get there!
Dear Mr. Cornwell, I love your books. All of them. I eagerly await the next. I have a response for the person who asked about an online text of the Wanderer. I believe this will serve: http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=Wdr. As for the font, while a font specifically designed for Old English would be best, the extended character set available in the common fonts has Old English characters. Harry Connors
Thanks!
I was reading Sharpe's Trafalgar for the third time very much enjoying Captain Chase and Bosun Hopper. Now that the Napoleonic Wars are done, I was thinking you might have a great Sharpe story about Col.Sharpe (promoted), Commodore Chase (promoted), Harper, and Hopper on a mission for Lord Pumphrey far a sea. I can't see how that kind of combination could fail to enthrall readers everywhere. And remember, Sharpe has one remaining enemy still alive. Get Captain Morris out of Ireland and send him along too because Sharpe probably dreams about getting even. Huh, and maybe Sweet William has forgiven Sharpe by now having married an Indian princess in America? Lots of laughs and adventure!
Chris Okusako
Dear Bernard, I have recently finished all the Saxon Stories published to date. I am looking forward to the next release. I hope this series will eventually be adapted to movies or television like the Sharpe series. David
Bernard Cornwell: You have to be the greatest writer of our time and perhaps times past. I have read every one of your books except COAT OF ARMS. In fact I have them all but COAT Of ARMS. Please clean up some of the loose ends before you start a new series, e.g. Blythe has to get his just punishment and Bebbanburg must be returned to its rightful owner? Thanks for what you have written and keep up the excellent work. Phil Karam
I had read a comment made by you concerning not having an ample amount of Saxon names to use in your "Saxon Stories" of Uhtred. Here is one that I have not ran across in reading those books. "Cynric". It is one of my oldest sons baptismal names. It is at least fifth century in usage in England. It was once a common baptism name. I have enjoyed your books about Uhtred. I have a degree in history and I have concentrated much on the study of Saxon England. Your books are wonderful. It reinforces my academic studies and I have learned a lot of other facts not included in academic studies about our Anglo Saxon ancestors. I wanted to throw that name out to you. "Cynric" a good strong Saxon same. May you keep writing your wonderful stories, as long as it is profitable; of course. Waes Hael, Timothy Hawkins
Did I say that? It's probably true, and yes, Cynric is a good name! I was saving it . . . . . but will probably use it soon! Thanks
Bernard, Good evening from Australia. I love your Sharpe and Starbuck Chronicles, plus the Sharpe series - which I only recently watched. While serving in Iraq in 2003, I had a copy of John Tams' theme and would sit up at night in Baghdad, listening to the song which spanned nearly 200 years. My interest stems from my ancestral grandfather's service with Wellington at Waterloo under the 51st Regiment of Foot. In 1810, he was a part of the force which took the island of Guadaloupe in the Carribean. While there, a French ship sailed into port and was taken by the British. On board was a 17 yr old girl whose mother was a lady in waiting to Marie Antoinette and died on the guillotine on the same day. She had been sent to French Gyuana where her father had been sent as Governor. She arrived to find he had died and was in transit back to Paris to an unknown future. The girl, Genevieve, met my grandfather, Captain William Wood, and never returned to France ever again. She went to live in England during the remainder of the war and while the Captain was away with Wellington's Army - no mean feat. After Waterloo, they migrated to Tasmania and hence this branch of my family commenced from that point. The point of this email is that your Sharpe books bought this period to life, followed by the television series. I was bought up on the story of the Captain and Genevieve and visit their crypt often. I have an intense interest in this period and I thank you very much for opening my eyes on the life my ancestral grandparents would have gone through. With regards Phil Pyke
Thanks for sharing your story.
Dear Mr. Cornwell. I have recently read some of your books about Richard Sharpe. They have just been published in Russian and not all already. But I like them very much. These books are brilliant! And my sister fell in love with Wellington after reading your books.We have also watched all Sharpe films. I'm looking forward to reading more of your books. Your faithful reader, Lena