Your Questions

Ok, so here is my take on Sharpe’s father. I think he is the Scarlet Pimpernel (I know he’s fictitious but I like the idea) Take you out = rescued Aristocrats from France Put me in = placed himself in mortal peril And a horse appears = Scarlet is red, Red Rum was a horse….

In this happy person = I can only assume he was very happy with his work

Probably wrong but worth a shot.

Luke Fieldhouse

dear sir,

you hold a longbow on the cover-picture of the agincourt book - did you ever shoot an arrow?

did you ever practice archery or are all the details about this coming out of your brain?

regards

Christian Zier

Mr. Cornwell

I am an avid reader of yours, I know from your responses in the past that you will not be writing any series in regards to the Crusades.  However, I was hoping that you might be able to direct me to a fellow writer with a similar style to yours that does write about the Crusades.  Also I was wondering if you have any plans on writing about the period of Charles 1st and Oliver Cromwell

 

Randall Saunders

Hello Mr. Cornwell,

Waterloo - The 4 days was published in the UK in September. When do you estimate the USA version to be published?

Many Thanks,

Tom Lewis (a very BIG fan of yours!)

 

Will there ever be another Sharpe novel? A new one that is.

 

Regards

 

Ross Parkinson.

Not sure if I've missed this somewhere but can you confirm if Sharpe's father is mentioned in one of your books?

Thanks.

Neil

dear Mr Cornwell,

what do you have against black haired women? in your books they always die or are the villainess, while blondes are always good and pure

Francisco

Your story "Sword Song" has particular resanonce for me as I am the archaeologist managing the investigations into Sceaftesege, Saxon defences 878/9. Rumours abound but there is as yet no physical evidence, only reference in the Burghal Hidage, AS Chron, Asser and similar. Events indicate that something was built but not what or where.

You start your story with what appears to be a raid up the Thames by Danes or Vikings and a two sided fort blocking the Thames. It is thought that the Danes would have probed the defences, found it too difficult and retreated. This ultimately allowed the West Saxons to expand into Mercia and eventually the formation of England. Whilst a work of fiction your story is a remarkable illustration of these events.

One matter we, and others, are trying to understand is the administration that enabled construction strategy, as this would help us understand what was built and events. We assume that an Earl loyal to Alfred was responsible for each defence and your portrayal of Uthred is as good a guess as any other. Your story is remarkable in creating an insight into albeit fictional people within an accurate series of events.

Our investigations are starting to reveal evidence for a situation very similar to your story. Which is remarkable as when you wrote it very little of this was known, how did you do this?

I hope you don't mind but when I give lectures on the subject I recommend reading Sword Song as a way of getting a feel for the period which enables a better understanding.

 

Colin Berks MIFA

Greetings, Mr. Cornwell!

I must say upfront, that I am a huge fan of yours. The first book I've read from you was "The Winter King", back in 2011, when I was 17. And I must say I was amazed, and I soon bought the rest of the series and have read each and one of them, one better than the other. I can say you have sucessfully brought up the medieval genre to my interest, and I must thank you for that. Both me and my grandfather are great fans of your work, he too had a great enjoyment into reading the Arthur series, and he gave to me 1356 to read in exchange of the Arthur series, and 1356 was simply amazing as well. Now I wish I had read the other 3 as well! Haha.

I look forward to buy the Saxon Tales, which I will hopefully begin to read soon, as from what I was told, it was your best work on the Medieval era.

Speaking of which, in the recent events of Scotland's independence, I was going to ask you if you ever had planed to write a story about England and Scotland, and any eventual conflicts that ocurred in the time before Scotland made to the United Kingdom. I remember in 1356, I remember to have saw that, as the scots joined the french. Of course, I am not sure if there were any significant events that took place other than The Hundred Year War in France.

Other than that, thank you for your attention.

Best wishes,

Patrick Gainher

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I had the fortune to accidentally come across your books and I must say that they have turned me into an avid fan. I have read the vast majority of your works and can't say that I have come across novels with more historical history in them than yours. However, in just finishing The Bloody Ground, it was described as the fourth and final work in the series, but you state at the end of your historical note that Starbuck will march again. Do you plan on leading him from Antietam on through Appomattox? If so when do you think this might be?

Thanks for all of your hard work and I look forward to reading more of your novels in the future!!

Very Respectfully,

Josh Waters