Your Questions

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

 

With great pleasure I have read many of your novels, e.g. the Sharpe series and the stories of Uhtred. Thes offered many plesant hours of reading.

 

Recently I have read your account of the battle of Waterloo. In this context, I noticed that you wrote Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Oels, the "Schwarze Herzog", died by a shot through his head at Les Quatre Bras. He died in the batttle of Quattre Bras, this is correct. The cause of death was not a shot through the head though. He was shot through his hand, lung, and liver.

 

In the Heimatmuseum in Braunschweig the blouse he was wearing on 16 June 1815 at Les Quatre Bras is displayed. You can see the whole of the deadly bullet there.

 

I have lived in Braunschweig for six years and developed some interest in its history. Maybe this is why I stumbled over this sentence in your book. By the way, Braunschweig offers a lot of historical monuments and documents of this era.

 

Congratulations to your work!

 

Kind regards,

Uwe Dengler

hi are you doing a book on the R G J they follow you to a man.

Respect SIR

Alan Robe

Just finished the empty throne 'loved it.I note you have settled on Bromborough as the Site of Brunanburgh if you think that's the case check out the story of where I live Gorton in Manchester there is an interesting story of a battle in the 900s that gave Gorton its name .In the stories I have heard it was always associated with Edward The Elder but I always thought it would make more sense if was associated with Brunnanburgh if Bromborough is the actual site.Danes heading for the Wirral coming from the North East would probably have to pass through the area either before or after the Battle.

John Hough

Sharpe's Father -

Hi Mr Cornwell

I'm not entirely sure how the riddle works but my guess is "WIGGINS".  I just think Richard Sharpe's character was never originally designed to have a known father.  His character was from the lowest beginnings to contrast his rise through the ranks.  Along that line of thought I think the father of Sharpe is his creator - you. I've gone for Wiggins as I sort of like the double G (gg, for the horse), and maybe something to do with put "me" in,  but other than that I've got nothing to substantiate my theory!

Thanks for your wonderful books.

Vicki

Will you be touring in New England in support of your new masterpiece?

William A. Chanler

Dear Mr Cornwell,

sorry to bother you, I am a very big fan and have read all of your books. I currently enjoy THE WARRIOR CHRONICLES. In these wonderful books , the character Uhtred uses the phrase "wyrd bid ful aread -fate is enexorable.. I love languages, could you please tell me what actual language this comes from please. Silly question I know. I look forward to your reply, as long as you have time,

.Yours faithfully

Scott.

Greetings --

Just finished The Empty Throne.  Best of the bunch so far!!  In the Historical Note, you mention the Brunanburh battle as being another story.  Is that the next for Uhtred, and if yes, when?  Hopefully we are not finished with Uhtred yet, you write grandchildren, and we need more information.

Regards.

Bud R.

Hi Bernard,

I have enjoyed all of your books but would love to read more on Starbuck.

If you are unable to find the time to continue this wonderful tale, would you consider using a ghost writer? Might not be the same but at least we could find out what happens.

My very best wishes to you and your family.

Andrew

I discovered the Arthur series many years ago and instantly fell in love with the story line and your style of writing.

The historical background makes the books just that much more believable and easily absorbed into.

Most of my bookshelf  at home is now filled with your books!

 

I see that filming has begun on "The last kingdom" but have you ever thought about having The Arthur books made into a mini series?

With the success of Game of Thrones, a 10 part HBO mini series on each of the novels in the series would be amazing. It would be able to capture the detail in the books and it is actually something that I would enjoy sitting down to watch.

I'm sure that many others would also agree with me on this!

 

Kind regards,

Jeremy

Having read all The Archer, 1356 & Agincourt (and accompanying books), and, looking at probable diagrams of the battles, I find it incredible that the French stumbled into basically the same trap three times in a row. Was in French arrogance, incompetence, or just a belief that their overwhelming force could just shatter the English?j

Dennis