Your Questions

Are you planning to write anymore of the Starbuck Chronicles?

Phyllis A Pinkerton

 

Mr. Cornwell,

I recently finished reading your Starbuck series for the second time. I decided to check your website to see if there was a 5th book in the works and was shocked to see that The Bloody Ground was original published in 1996.

Is there any hope we will see Starbuck return at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, or Gettysburg?

Thanks,

Adam

Dear Sir,

Until now I am a proud owner of the series The Warlord Chronicles, The Grail Quest and finally The Warrior Chronicles.

Right now I am finishing reading The Empty Throne and i am really excited that another book will follow.

My question is, since I am a big fan of historical and historical/fiction books, if you have any future plans of writing any new series of books  based on medieval Europe or even in earlier years (BC) and more particular based on ancient Greece?

I am really excited with your cooperation with BBC America for The Last Kingdom. Hope the show to be so astonishing,great,amazing and addictive like your books.

Best regards,

Nikos

 

Hello,

First I want to say I'm a big fan and your that your book the heretic was one of the first I read and maybe my inspiration on become a writer.

I want to write a book that will pass on England, after the first crusade, but as a Brazilian I can't visit the place and I right now I'm unable to find maps and descriptions of the cities, villages and ports in that time. I Would like to know if you have a recommendation of where could I get this info.

I would like to thank you even if you can't help me. Keep up the good work and know that the day I publish my book I will send you a copy as a token of gratitude for inspire me.

William de Souza

 

Our family has a Waterloo medal awarded to a soldier (Hawkesworth, Irish), said to have fought at Hougoumont.  Can you point me to a website or other source that records the names of soldiers at the battle?I read the review of your book in the WSJ (13th June); its on my list to be read.

David

Dear Mr Cornwell

Thank you so much for your writing and especially for giving us Richard Sharpe and his friends/enemies! As a commuter they are seemingly my constant companions. They have provided me with much joy so thank you once again.

I have been reading recently about Wellington's period of time as Prime Minister 1828-30 and set to wondering if the Premier might have ever recalled his man from Normandy for any special missions?

Many thanks

Andrew

Dear Bernard:

I love the Sharpe series.  In fact, Richard Sharpe is my most favorite fictional hero of all, and Patrick Harper my most favorite hero's sidekick.

I will never forget when I read my first Sharpe novel, "Sharpe's Escape."  I was so pulled into the story, I realized with a shock I was already halfway across it two days after I began reading the book!  You are a master of storytelling, Mr. Cornwell.  You truly know how to make a plot grab a reader and not let go until the last page is turned.

I have a quick question: Are Sharpe's multiple romances before he meets Lucille a common trope in swashbuckler/historical fiction?

Three cheers for Sharpe and Harper! :-)

Tony Held

 

I enjoy reading your books over and over whether it's Sharpe, Starbuck, Uhtred, the Warlord Chronicles or The Fort, for that I thank you.

Have you ever thought about writing about the Black Brunswickers from their foundation in 1809 by Duke Friedrich Wilhelm for the Austrians to Waterloo?

Theo Judd

Bernard

I have enjoyed the extensive tapestry of your stories and the quality of your writing. One of my favorites is "Gallows Thief', which I like because it has, what I believe, is the only dropped stitch in the tapestry.

This occurs when you describe Sally as having "a contagious smile".

Shouldn't it be " an infectious smile"? I am an engineer of British origin and I am not a writer. But I find it hard to think of a contagious smile across a crowded room.

Bob

Mr. Cornwell,

I am a big fan of your work and would like to know if there is a possibility of a story line set in Ireland where we learn more about Finan's past and in which he gets his revenge?

Peter Noone

Dear Bernard,

Heard your interview with Graham Norton this morning (20 Jun 15) and thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.  I didn't even have a clue you were back in the country of your birth!

Question:  Do you know if there is any chance of some of your earlier books being republished in hardback?  I have all of your books but some of them are paperbacks and they are getting a little tatty and dog-eared an I would like to replace them, but some, like 'Sharpe's Company' could be very expensive were I to try and get a first edition.

David Coote