Your Questions

Hi Bernard,

this is Duschan from Germany and I love your books :-)

I am afraid I am more than 10 years late for the party - however, as a big fan of your Sharpe novels I wondered if there would be any opportunity of a new novel any time?

I was thinking about the past 1821 time line (Sharpe being in France if I remember well). There could be a potential for Sharpe to take part of the Greek War of Independence. That would give him another 11 years of conflicts around the Greeks breaking free from the Ottoman Empire. From an international perspective France got engaged. And as a French resident in his 40ies this may qualify Sharpe to take part.
I must admit that this “opportunity” is me wishful thinking….
Anyway - thanks a lot for countless hours of joy reading your novels. You are one of my favorite authors.
kind regards
Duschan

Hi Mr Cornwell,

I have enormously enjoyed readying the Last Kingdom Series and wonder when the next one will be out as it seems there is some narrative yet to write. I can see from the questions posted that you intend to continue but don't want to find that I have missed the release date. Do you have a name in mind for it so that I can search later please? I have just read The Fort too and that became fascinating once I had my head around the characters and terms such as who 'Continental' referred to !

Thank you.

Barbara

Mr. Cornwell,

I just finished book 5 of the Last Kingdom series and I was wondering why Jonathan Keeble is not still doing the narration?  Although the new reader is ok, I thought Mr Keeble was outstanding, and really brought the books to life in an incredible way.  I look forward to reading the rest off the series, and many of your other books.

 

Thank you,

 

Sean Mulhearn

Hello Bernard

 

I hope you are well.

Firstly, I greatly enjoyed The Flame-Bearer, and without giving anything away for people who may not have read it, I was mildly surprised at the ending! I thought you would play that one out for a few more novels!

I also read Vagabond last Summer, NINE years after reading Harlequin! Heretic this Summer, I think!

I hope you'll be amused to hear I had a very vivid dream the other night, about thecNapoleonic Wars!  I was a Redcoat Sgt called Hobbs, and we had to get into a Fortress and scaled the walls with ropes. I can remember assuring a young Officer that we always won. Which, I'm sure around 1812/13, the Brits had started realising!

I can remember us singing as we stalked the Fortress looking for "Frogs". (possibly a bad strategy, if we were supposed to be surprising them!). I sang the Minstrel Boy. "Oh, glorious band, the chosen few, on whom the Spirit came.."

I can remember me and a young Marine bursting in on the French dining and I butchered a few with my bayonet. There was a bloody big scrap and I fought a couple of Indian Soldiers (not sure what they were doing there..), but the Officer I'd been with was killed. I'd promised nor  to leave his side, but..er...had...

Anyway, we killed the French, so HUZZAH!

I don't think dreams are covered by Copyright, so feel free to use this in any future Sharpe's!

Joking aside, do you ever dream about Sharpe or Uhtred of Thomas of Hookton? Or have you ever dreamt up a plot or character and then used it?

I wanted to read a Sharpe again, because its been a while, so after that dream there was only one I could read..Sharpe's Company! That was always one of my favourites.

Hope you don't think I've gone completely mad by telling you this!

Looking forward to Uhtred 11!

Warm Regards

Matt Copley

Hello,

Fist I would like to thank you for all of you books. I'm pretty sure I've read and reread all of them, you are by far my favorite author.

That said, I was planing to incorporate something from one of your books into a tattoo I'm planning on getting. My ideas so far have been either the 95th rifles patch or the symbol of Uthred's flag, The problem I've been having is finding the correct one. There are just too many different designs out there and I'm not sure who to trust. So I was wondering if you had a reference of the patch that Shape would of had on his uniform. Or If there is artwork of Uthred's crest out there that I'm not seeing.

Thank you for your time.

-Jeff-

I just finished "The Flame Bearer" And I had been wondering beforehand about how late in his life he recaptured his home. I would have hoped he was able to enjoy a few years with the spoils. I would have been disappointed if it was on his last day but I guess he would want to die with sword in hand. So thank you for that mercy.

 

Bamburgh castle looks worth fighting for. Are there any artist's impression of what it might have looked like?

And it's less than a century before the Normans invade. Hardly seems fair. Was there a resistance movement against them?

Adrian

Dear Sir

 

Just as the events of Sharpe's Revenge ended a friendship,  do the events of Sharpe's Regiment also end or damage a friendship?

 

There's obviously no hostility, but i kind of feel that Sir William has taken a massive fall from the high pedestal Sharpe previously had him on.

 

I got the impression that Sharpe would have been weary of Sir William had they met again after that book.

 

As for Simmerson, did you see the very last episode of Sharpe, where he shook Sharpe's hand and wished him safe journey?  I don't know about you, but witnessing that i was thinking.......

 

"nah not in a million years would that happen."

 

Talking of more Sharpe......please PLEASE give us 1 more?!  I just need need one more hard back, 2 paperbacks ( for the plane and poolside, don't want the hardback getting ruined) and 1 unabridged CD of it.

Lee

Dear Mr Cornwell

 

Firstly, thank you for your creative inspiration. My question is in part to be absolutely sure that memory serves me well. Could you clarify with a little added detail, the origin of the story that leads Sharpe to save the life of the future Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.

Is this linked to a genuine gap in the recorded history of Wellesley or a necessary invented gap which allows you to introduce Sharpe?

 

I thank you once more sir for your creative inspiration as well as any time you might spend answering my enquiry.

 

Kind regards

 

John Barton

 

Dear Bernard

With the Sharpe Series it, of course, follows a familiar pattern with Wellington winning the battle and Sharpe winning it for him. However there is one clear exception to Wellingtons success and that is Burgos. As it would make interesting 1 off having Sharpe losing for a change, do you plan to write it ?

Even Batman lost to Bane onetime as well after all ;)

Yours sincerely,

Geraint

Hello Mister Cornwell.

 

My name is Benoit, I am a french man who is 23 years old. I discovered The Saxon stories four years ago and I really love it. I really like Uhtred and the others characters, the environment... Since I am young, I love vikings stories, I love knights, I love History and when I read yours books, it s all time a pleasure. First, I wrote you to tell you thank you. Secondly, Can your translate yours books in French ? PLEASE. I continue to read them in english but it isn t the same sensation.

 

Your serie is more and more famous. More and more people know you. I really sure that you will make good sells in France ! So Translate them pleaseeee.

 

Have a good day.