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Being only 13 and having reading these books for past 2 years, I feel that even if these books are seen as suitable for a more grown-up audience, they are enjoyable and I have managed to persuade my friends to read them! My favourite series would probaly be the Warlord trilogy. Keep writing!!! Goerge

It seems like once a year that I get to sit in my easy chair and get transported to a different world inhabited with people like Uhtred and Alfred; Richard and Patrick and all the players of your stories. I live for them. Please keep them coming. Bill Greene

Dear Bernard Please (x1000) write another Starbuck novel! The first four books gave me an interest in the Civil War which has actually taken me across the Atlantic to visit the battlefield at Manassas but, although I have read (or tried to read) many books on the subject, I can never get the same sense of history, of actually being there, so for me the Civil War is still on! Please give those old soldiers a rest! Best wishes Gary Jones PS The Arthur series was amazing too, but I don't have a time machine!

Sir; After reading some of the letters posted on your website from your fans, I don't think there is much else that I can add to the accolades & praise for your very enjoyable work that hasn't already been said. I have had the very pleasurable experience of reading nearly all of the Richard Sharpe books, ("Sharpe's Devil" is next!....) As I am nearing the end of the extant adventures of Sharpe & Harper, I'm trying to read slower, to prolong the experience. I can honestly say that I haven't enjoyed any reading as much as I have with the Sharpe books. Your knowledge of historical details and the incorporation of them into the storyline, really brings thins to life. I am an historical reenactor/hobbyist, and I am familiar with some of the details that you relate so well in the stories. It is satisfying to see that kind of attention to detail. -It makes it so much more alive! Well done, sir! I am hopeful that the future will hold another Sharpe book or two. Inspiration is a capricious muse. But she may be a fan of Richard Sharpe. So I'll rermain hopeful. Best of the day to you!-- Terry

I've read all your books and just finished "Lords of The North". Enjoyed it immensely. Are you getting better at this stuff? Steve

Hi again, Mr. Cornwell. In a February 12th posting, Nicholas (no last name given) asked about historical fiction of China. I can recommend two classics, both written several centuries ago. The first is "Three Kingdoms." It is a massive novel, about 2,500 pages, dealing with the fall of the Han Dynasty in the 3rd Century AD, and the unification of the three kingdoms of Shu, Lu, and Wei into what became the single kingdom of China. It is full of epic battles and sieges centering around the three main heroes, Guan Yu, Chang Fei, and Lieu Bei. The second novel is "Outlaws of the Marsh" about 2,000 pages. It deals with a band of heroes in the 9th century AD, who, to escape the oppression of the Soong Dynasty, take refuge in an inpregnable swampland, sort of a Chinese Robin Hood. After a lot of fierce fighting, they are eventually pardoned and defend China from a formidable invader, and in this war they are almost all killed. Both works are available in four paperback sets in a slip cover, put out by Foreign Language Press, and are available from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. Alan Kempner

I just finished reading The Lords of the North, and I trudged into the last pages feeling a kind of sadness that was somehow tinged with confusion. Sadness because I was coming to the end of what I thought was the third and final entry in the Saxon series. Confusion because I couldn't see how the story could end with Bebbanburg still in the hands of the usurper. But then mirabile dictu, I see that I was wrong, more is to come. Gawd, I'm already champing at the bit for the next one. (And hey, feel free to stretch it out out over two or three books. I don't mind!) Live long Bernard. PS Don't feel compelled to write back. I just wanted to say it. Ian MacNeill

Dear Author, thank You for Your Books! Only one of them, The Winter King, has been translated to my language, finnish, but I order them via internet and read them in english paperbacks. Useful and very amusing, interesting and lovely! I like historical novels very much and English history is so full of wonderful stories. I wonder if I am the only Finnish to know something about the Saxons and so on. I also like your language very much, because you do not only tell stories about war and adventure, but describe the beautiful English views and places so well. After all that I must do just what You wished us readers not to do. I have You an idea of a new series of books and I promise, I will NEVER sue you for using the idea. All I wish is to be able to read those stories.... I wish You will tell us the wonderful story of Eleanor of Aquitaine. She is my all time favourite! And if You don´t want to settle you in the skins of a woman, you can always invent a loyal servant for him to tell her story. The wife of two kings, mother of several kings and queens, a prisoner of her own husband (do not forget The Fair Rosamond...),a great lady... I need not say more. Tempting, isn´t it! So, this is an idea for your free usage! Thank You! Yours Truly, Päivi Loukamo Finland

Dear Mr. Cornwell: I just finished "Lords of the North" and I've several thoughts of what may happen in your future books in the series, but I wanted to share just one with you: Uhtred will be looking forward to cuckolding his cousin (killing Uncle Aelfric and his children is a given). Don't know how I am going to occupy myself until October! Beth Harrison

Good day. I just completed reading Lords of the North and although I've never written an author before, I wanted to say thanks for writing. I've read almost all your works (can't bring myself to read the Starbuck chronicles - I live near Gettysburg and I've long ago had my fill of US Civil War fiction. Anyway; excellent work. I really appreciate the character development of Uhtred who, like all your main characters, has wonderful flaws. Thank you for this greatly entertaining and thoroughly well developed body of work. Looking forward to more. Dave Durbin