Your Questions

Cheap bastard that I am, and bereft of enemy corpses to loot, I'm seeking to enjoy the Sharpe series for a pittance. Is there a Sharpe collection available?  I have seen two offerings from Amazon, both 3-book collections that can be had more cheaply by buying the books individually.  Aside from the price alone, I would prefer a much larger collection.

 

I enjoyed the TV series some years back (amazing -- a series in which Sean Bean doesn't die!), but have just begun the books. They are thoroughly enjoyable, as I'm sure a million people have already told you.  :)

Jim Gleeson

Sharpe's father - Maybe Horatio Nelson? Like Sharpe he was fearless, once rumored to have chased a polar bear. Sharpe was born July 1777. Sometime in 1776, a young Nelson was recovering from malaria in London...maybe he purchased some "rehab" from Richard's mom? Nelson did have illegitimate children. Before Trafalgar he wrote to one daughter (Horatia) stating how she made him "happy". Take you (Horatia) out, put me (Sharpe) in, isn't that historical fiction? And in BC style, you did have Sharpe meet Nelson in Trafalgar. Also, there was a famous racehorse a few years back named Horatio Nelson. Don't know if Nelson is correct, but thought I'd give it a shot. Wyrd bio ful araed!

Ron

 

Mr. Cornwell,

 

Thank you for the many excellent novels.  I'm writing to ask if you've been tempted to write more novels that are not within a known historical framework.  Your only novel that approaches this is Stonehenge (and I only assert that because we have such scant knowledge of that period).

 

I ask because while I certainly love the tales and characters you create, I know the big-picture ending before I start. I know that Arthur must [lose/leave/die]; I know that Alfred and the Christians win and the Danes lose, etc.  So, are you tempted to write more tales within the dark ages genre while dodging any known historical epoch?

 

In any case- that's just my hope. Thank you again for your work. If you enjoy perusing Fantasy novels, I would love to send you mine if it interests you.

 

Take care,

Daniel

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Hi Bernard,

I've just blitzed through books 1-6  of Uthred and I firstly would like to congratulate you on writing such a brilliant series!

I have now ordered books 7+8 and I was wondering if Empty Throne is the Final book or if more will be coming in future? as i don't want to look the book up to see in case I inadvertently see spoilers, It would also be useful to work out where the series will fit in my book collection( I'm an avid reader and constantly need t0 find spaces for more series of books :D  )

 

So my question is essentially do you know when the series will end?

Obviously I'm greatly enjoying reading them so I'd love ot hear news of lots more but the problem with historical series is you can't string them out forever and so I assume there is a conclusion in sight somewhere :)

 

 

Once again big fan of the series, and hope to hear back from you,

Josh Letten

 

'Gallows Thief' -

Very deserving of a sequel, surely.......?

 

In the mean time, warm thank you for all the many hours of contentment.

Clinton

Dear Sir

 

When I was discussing Sharpe not so long ago with a mutual friend, (Stuart Wilkie) I asked him did he believe (as I do) Sharpe would even have given in to lust, had he have been with Lucille when he met Helené Laroux?  His answer was "Only Bernard would know, but Sharpe is very much a 'love the one you're with' type of person,  particularly when he's far away from the one he loves".

 

So as his creator, would he have definitely stayed faithful in that scenario?

 

I know you say you like to leave TV shows to the experts, but wasn't you just a little shocked the first time you watched Sharpe's Gold?

I was and I hadn't even read the novel at that point. It just felt so out of step with the rest of the series.

 

I have a lot to thank the TV series for though as it was that, which led to me buying now all the novels from Sharpe's Rifles onwards. This leads me to a strange question......is it odd that I can't bring myself to read any of the Sharpes before Sharpe's Rifles?  I think myself odd but my reason is I can't picture Sharpe without Harper and I think the TV series probably did that sorry.

Lee

Mr. Cornwell

 

As so many others have said I really look forward to The Empty Throne. The on going saga of Uhtred has become one of my favorite series. One of the aspects that I enjoy is your battles. I can see the men and smell the death. How did you come by the knowledge to so accurately describe them? Most of the histories that I have read were woefully short on good detail of the tacits used. You so accurately portray combat and the aftermath that I now judge others by your accounts. Purchance may we sometime see one of your tales in Germany or with the Germans coming to the British Isles to become the English? Thank you for so much enjoyment and that to come.

 

R L v Beichler

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I just want to thank you for the excelent books you wrote and that I had the pleasure to read. I am talking about the Sharpe's adventures that took place, many of them, in my home country, Portugal. I love history and the way you write it seems I am sent back t that time.

The only thing I would like to ask is... Why this part of history? Why the Peninsular Wars?

It is an extremelly important part of Portuguese history and you write in a way that makes me proud of being a Portuguese.

 

Thank you for all the great quality time you gave me.

 

Best regards,

Pedro Graça

 

i was wondering would it be possible to write another story as a flash back (Sharpes Tiger) This time to the Battle of New Orleans in 1812.  The 95th were there.

Philip Mole

Hi Bernard

I'm a avid fan of your Starbuck chronicles, Can you please tell me if there will ever be a fifth book ?

You did say he would march again at the end of The Bloody Ground, I've read them and listened to them in audible so would very much like to see how he got in the rest of the war, Also loved the sharpe books

Rob

 

Dear Mr. Cornwell

Having been an avid reader of your work over the years I have just completed the last of the Starbuck series. Are there likely to be more adventures for Starbuck? I do hope so.

Yours

Ian C.

Ireland