Your Questions

Mr Bernard Cromwell

Do you ever have a specific person in mind when you are writing about a character? Do you ever plan to? Would that not make it easier? Do you have a favorite character?

Tyrah Drake

Greetings from Norway!

I'm a big fan, and hardcore goldbug, and I just have a quick question about a gold coin Nick Hood got as a gift from Marshal of France, Jean de Maingre, in your book Agincourt, page 267.

"It was gold, the size of a shilling, and he guessed it was worth a year's wages"

What coin is this, and how much gold did it contain?

Best regards,

Oddvar Stallemo.

I have loved all your last kingdom books to date and also the first TV series. Please can you let us know how many and which books will be covered in the second TV series?

many thanks.

Richard

Hi

I loved your book the burning land and after reading your historical note about a headstone you came across in Thundersley dated around the same time i thought i would visit it. I work at the local king john school and no locals have heard of it. Could you please let me know where it is?

Many thanks .

Jason

Hi Bernard

Recently back in August I had discovered the Sharpe TV Series and I was very captivated by it and I also have a few of your Sharpe books. At the moment I reading two of them back to back Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Havoc but while I was reading them I spotted something that has me slightly confused and that was that in Sharpe's Rifles on page 23 it said that Rifleman Cooper was killed by a sword stroke but then he seems to be alive and well in Sharpe's Havoc?

Hope to hear back from you.

From your fan in Scotland

Nicky

Hi, I am just wondering if you would have any considerations for King Offa. I just think that that would be an interesting topic to write about, but I don't know. Thanks for the great books.

Tom

Greetings Bernard!

I am finally getting around to reading the Starbuck Chronicles and enjoying them very much, so thank you for writing them.

What is intriguing me greatly is the relationship between McClellan and Pinkerton.

In the book I get the impression that Pinkerton is intentionally feeding McClellan's cautious nature with his reports. Is this something you believe or am I just over thinking it?

Kindest Regards,

Dennis Williams

Dear Mr. Cornwell:

I am plowing my way through the entire  Sharpe series and it took a bit to realize that while I am reading them in chronological order the books were not published in that order.  So I stopped asking myself why on earth Richard didn't just put a bullet into Hakeswill at any convenient point in the first three books (in chrono order according to Richard's life)  rather than 1. leave him to the Sultan Tippoo's tigers (they had already eaten) or 2.  have the elephant crush him (Hakeswill had a knife and poked the elephant with it).  But how did he get out of the snake pit? By the way, I'm glad he's dead (Obediah that is).  Did someone hear him screaming for help and they fished him out?  Were the snakes so terrified of a man so repugnant that even a cobra wouldn't go near him?  Did he therefore just tie all these terrified snakes together make a rope and climb out? Just curious.  Thanks for you your time.  Oh, and I am an archer so naturally I read The Grail Quest series as well and enjoyed it.

Katherine

My son has become very interested in this series (as well as GOT and Maurice Druen's Iron King books) and as we live in the north east (but not Northumbria) he fancies doing a tour of sites that are featured. Where would you recommend? Obviously Lindisfarne, but what other places in fantastic Northumbria would help him visualise the events?

Many thanks

Jane

Dear Sir!

Huge fan and have as most people browsing these pages, read most of your books. I realised the other day that your writing has had quite a bit of influence on my life being now an avid archer (english longbow of course) and tonight going to my first HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) longsword class. At the moment listening to Waterloo and enjoying it immensely. My three questions

 

1. Is there any book or any part of any book that you would have written differently if you had re-written it today? For example, my absolute favorite and the best books I have ever read, the Artur series has a start that to some people seem to be a bit overwhelming with a plethora of names and places introduced. A bit like the start of "The lord of the rings" with 70+ pages dedicated to the planning of a party. I heard a rumor online that you in some interview had stated that you would have done it differently today. What are your thoughts on this?
2. Have you decided what the next book after The flame bearer will be?
3. Have you ever decided "not" to write about an era or series of events due to them being already done too well by another author? Like Wars of the Roses by Iggulden or Robin Hood by Angus Donald?

 

And last but not least, like Cato the elder I have to add, like a madman, please consider more books about Thomas of Hookton or a sequel to Azincourt :-) Have a lovely day!

 

Best regards

Mattias