Your Questions

Dear Mr.Cornwell I'm Alex from Italy, and I read all your books. I loved most of them(except Stonehenge).Maybe I make this question to the wrong person but, I'd like to know why your books are translated so slowly in Italy and Italian language. I'd like to read them more often and for sure I'll buy all the sagas but..it pass more then 1 or 2 years for read the next book(also the old). Well excuse for my English..it's not perfect for sure, and please continue in your job. You give the chance of flying with mind and fantasy with your books. Well done Bernie;-) Regards Alessandro P.S. Maybe you are going to write something about Sharpe located here in Italy(I'm from Florence btw)?

Hi Bernard, I'm a huge fan of your books, especially the Arthur series and the current Saxon series. The Arthur series is by far my favourite series of books. I think I have read them at least 5 times! I have noticed an on running theme within your books. Whether this is your views or not I do not know but I have noticed that in both the Saxon and Arthur books there is a slightly anti-Christianity theme. Paganism seems so much more fun in your books! I hope you don't mind me asking but I must admit to being very curious about whether these show your own thoughts or are just helpful to creating strong main characters? I have studied history at university and covered some religious history and from what I have read I can see that some of what you write about early Christianity is probably fair. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Yours sincerely, Sam Defriez

Mr. Cornwell, I have very much enjoyed reading your books. So much so that I am running out of material! Are there any other authors whose works you personally enjoy. I have read lots of naval fiction, and was hoping to find more land based narratives. thanks, Andrew

Dear Mr. Cornwell: I have read the book Redcoat. I was wanting to know if there was a movie made in reference to this book? I seem to get a lot more out of a book if I can read the book then watch the movie. Dawn Henry

dear Sir, why did so many countries have blue uniforms? French, Portuguese, Danish... and what colour was the infantry tunics of the KGL on the whole? thankyou greatly for your time and I love your books! Chris G

Hey--Long time fan and all that jazz--what I REALLY wanted to write to you about is to ask whether you have seen the recent BBC mini-series Robin Hood with Jonas Armstrong? If you haven't then at least watch one episode sometime. Richard Armitage, the actor playing Guy of Gisbourne, is like Richard Sharpe right off the page. He's tall and dark and he has the smirk and the bellow and...I mean, I can't watch him without thinking, hey look, it's Richard Sharpe! How I wish you could do films with him! Well, that's all for now--keep up the good work!~April

We are US Air Force stationed at RAF Lakenheath. I started reading the Sharpe books from the library on base (they had 3). Since then I have managed to collect all of them through Tesco and Ebay. I love the Sharpe series like so many others. However, I was really disappointed when Sharpe and Fredrickson split up over a woman (which I know happens to guys often in real life)--but still disappointed (maybe because I am a girl and have a romantic side). I was also disappointed that Fredrickson ended up in Canada instead of Waterloo--I know it might have been awkward but if Fredrickson had managed to find a new woman--maybe he could then find a way to forgive Sharpe--I hope in the future--Sharpe and Fredrickson can find a way to be hard and fast friends again--I think Fredirickson deserves a good woman (maybe an Indian since he's in Canada). How do you feel about their split?
Janice Lewis

Dear Mr. Cornwell, In Sharpe's Enemy you describe a delicious Christmas feast prepared by a captured French Cook. I recall reading your recommendation of a wonderful French Cookbook that was an inspiration for your fictitious meal. I tried to find the name of that book and its author/chef but I could not. Would you please repeat the information? Thank You kindly - "Hungry in Marietta"

Mr. Cornwell, I hope today finds you well. I am of course a big fan of your writing and own most of your books. I mostly enjoyed the Arthurian trilogy and am anxiously awaiting the next Uhtred book later this year. I'm not going to waste your time asking you when your going to write your next book about this or that. I am wondering though what other subjects you are interested in pursuing in your writing career? Thanks for filling my library with such great historical fiction writing and keep up the great work! regards, Jim

Hi Mr. Cornwell, I am a big fan of yours and I guess while I wait for the 4th book of the saxon stories I will start on the Sharpe's series. My quick question to you is: was Iseult wrong in her predictions and will Uthred end up with a "black hair" lady? I thought that he would end up with Alfred's daughter (so Iseult's predictions would be fulfilled). Best regards and thanks for the greatest books ever. Vin