Your Questions

When will the next book in the series be released? I LOVE Uthred and his cohorts, by the way. Did you see the face of early man that has been circulating over the Internet? He looks as I imagine Uthred might look. Handsome, yet quite rugged looking. Your descriptions of everything in the him a take me back in time. I feel as if I'm in the 9th century and can see, taste and feel everything described. Thank you for your wonderful writing and stories.

Stella

 

Dear Bernard,

I've recently just finished reading your 10th book in the Last Kingdom series. Each book I find more grasping than the last and as my daughter will tell you I cannot put them down for long until I finish them.

I was wondering when you next book of the series would be out as I simply cannot wait for it.

Karen

Mr. Cornwell,

 

Thank you for your wonderful adventures and stories.  I find myself currently enjoying the Sharpe series again, for the fourth time, and I am curious how much of Sharpe's history you already had in mind when you started Sharpe's Eagle so long ago.  Even though you wrote Sharpe's Rifles later, did you have the framework of that story or Sharpe's Tiger, or Sharpe's Triumph already sketched out in your head?

 

I read once that Patrick O'Brien wished, in hindsight, that he had begun the stories of Jack Aubrey earlier in his career as a midshipman, one of the reasons some of the middle stories occur in a "timeless" part of 1813.  Did you have that fear with Sharpe's Eagle?

 

Thank you again for your time in crafting such wonderfully, readable adventures.  I can't wait to see what comes next, and am excited to see what is in store now that you are turning to the Age of Shakespeare.

 

Thank you,

 

Jack

Hi,

 

Following the end of the Sharpe series ( as portrayed on TV ) with Sharpe's Challenge and Sharpe's Peril. I feel that India is the way to go with your future historical adventure books and wondered whether you have ever contemplated taking on a character who works or is soldiering ( for want of a better word ) for the East India Company during the 18th century. As India with its clash of cultures, religion and it's Mughal Emperors would prove a fascinating backdrop for such a series of adventure books - which I'm sure, hasn't ever been done before and of course. If ever these books were to be televised and made into an historical adventure series. India has all the historic buildings, Hindu temples, etc, etc as well as a thriving film industry experienced in such historical epics to call upon.

 

Regards,

John Wise

Hi Bernard,

 

I love all your books and have followed all of the Last Kingdom series as well as reading many of the Sharpe books and the ones set in the hundred years war. I particularly loved the Arthur series. I was wondering if you have any plans of writing any more such books on other legendary characters that are in a world of themselves where history, magic and drama blend in a such a wonderful way.

 

Thanks again for your books. :)

Rakshit Tirumala

Hi Bernard

I thought you would amused by something we saw in the visitor's book in the museum at Vimeira: " Sharpe has got a lot to answer for!" He certainly has! We were doing a tour of Wellington's battle sites in Portugal. This museum claims to get 10,000 visitors a year - and Sharp never featured in that battle!

 

The museum has a large panoramic window overlooking  The Valley where the battle took place; and the curator gives you a running commentary on the battle. All fascinating stuff.

Kind regards

Robin

Ps love your books. Enjoyed Waterloo immensely. I thought it would be hard to read as more of a documentary, but I couldn't put it down! I've often wondered what they did with all the dead after a battle. Now I know. There appear to be no marked graves on any of the battle sites we visited, apart from one for an officer in some remote location. I forget the name now.

 

Hello Mr Cornwell.

After reading all of your books.. (and and I am still buzzing knowing that a 2nd series of novels have been converted into a tv series - [The Sharpe series and the Warlord Series]) I am wondering who is your all time favourite lead character?

Sharpe is a legend.. Uhtred will inevitably follow his inexorable fate .. Thomas of Hookton is a longbow god.. Starbuck is a fantastic character. Derfel Cadarn - Legend (possibly my favourite).. Rider Sandman, John Rossendale, Paul Shanhaan all great characters!  I guess It may be unfair to ask who is your favourite overall.. so I may just ask this instead - If there was no pressure from public demand, who would be your choice to bring to life to the 'Big Screen' in the way that YOU imagine him?

 

Keep up your masterclass writing skills sir!

 

Dave A

Hi Bernard,

do you have any intention of writing any more Sharpe novels, if so do you have a rough date in mind? If you don't have any intentions of writing any more Sharpe novels please would you reconsider? Thanks.

Mark

Dear Bernard,

Like a multitude of your fans, I have to thank you for the enjoyment you have given me over the years. Your research is such that you have greatly improved my historical knowledge.

I have enjoyed, the Last Kingdom, Sharpe and the Grail quest series the most and the Arthurian novels the least but I will still give them a second reading. I have wondered why this series did not catch my imagination as much as your pot boilers. The conclusion I came to was that this series is based on myth.

This leads me to ask how you choose the periods in history you write about, which are diverse?   I read for example that you have no intention of writing about Ancient Rome? Are your choices based on your research, expertise or is there an element you perceive to be of particular interest and will you in set future novels in other historical eras?

Regards,

Jack

PS Like so many others I can't wait to learn of Uhtred's further adventures.

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

Although I'm an avid reader (mostly non-fiction) and well into middle age, I've somehow overlooked your wonderful books till now.  Sea Lord came to me on the recommendation of a friend, and it lived up to his every glowing description.  Now, by looking around on your website, I make another pleasant discovery, which is that you're the author of The Last Kingdom, which my wife and I were drawn to quite by chance and then nearly binge-watched over the course of a few days.  My question is:  Why hasn't Sea Lord been made into a movie?  It has all the necessary elements for a gripping and not terribly expensive thriller.  Has anyone optioned it?

Regards,

Jim Marketos

Washington, D.C.

What's coming and when please? Amazon UK shows an untitled book this fall. More Saxon tales or something else?  Thank you

Steven Gibbs