Your Questions

Hi Bernard

Liam again.
I finished writing my novel not to long ago and sent it off. Unfortunately after finishing it and sending it off I became aware it probably wasn't long enough (73,000 words). I thought up some extra parts of the story and have typed these down but even with them the word count will still only be around 80,000 words. Do you have any tips as to how to increase the word count or ways to invent extra scenes to buffer the story up without ruining its flow? I appreciate you might not be able to help as you haven't read my story but thought I would ask anyway. You seem to always keep your stories flowing so well so thought you would be able to offer some expert advice :-).
PS You seem like a man who enjoys a good vintage of wine/whiskey any recomendations? I am a massive Malbec fan at the minute and love Glendiffich whiskey.

Always great to heard from you.

Yours
Liam Murphy

Hi Mr. Cornwell.

In a June 4th posting, Barry Doran inquired about whether the French notched their sword blades to make more severe wounds.  I agree with you that this is unlikely.  However, in World War I, the German bayonet often had  serrations like on a saw on the backside of the blade.  The purpose of this was to perform emergency field amputations if there was no time to get the injured soldier to the hospital.  Perhaps some of the French blades were likewise modified?

Alan Kempner

Hello Mr. Cornwell,

First i'd like to say is that saga is the best i've ever read. I'd be very pleased if you can tell me about the sequence of it.

There will be another book (The empty throne - #8) as i read on internet? They say it will be published at 2014/10. I am a brazilian and the seventh book did not came to my country (sadness).

How did you based yourself to find Uthred's personality ? He's the most arrogant and self-confident than any other character i've seen in the books.

I'm at 51% of the seventh book and until now i've seen not many single battles, like 1 vs1. In my humble opinion, that makes the reader catch himself smiling, like the combat with Ubba Lothbrok. That was a truly singular combat.

I'm wishing that you Mr. Cornwell, could answer me. It would be a pleasure to me get this message replied.

Regards,
Rodrigo

Mr. Cornwell,
A huge fan, as you may imagine.  Like other visitors to this site, I've read all  your work and several books twice.  I was excited to see your non-fiction account of Waterloo being published but thus far haven't been able to find a release date in the United States.  Do you know yet if the book be published in the U.S.?  If so, any idea of the potential release date?
Thank you in advance for your consideration and generally for many hours of enjoyment with your books.
Regards,
Ross Fleckenstein

 

Will Waterloo be published in america? If so when?

Bryan

Any new stories about Thomas in the  rise?

Mary

Dear Bernard

I have loved reading your books, in particular, the Sharpe series. This question has probably already been asked, but have you written or intending to write, the recruitment of Sharpe and his first battle experience?
Well done on a great career, you must be bloody exhausted.

Simon Trencher

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

Your books have provided endless enjoyment for me.  I have read and enjoyed  all of your books and they started a lifelong interest in history.  I have done a lot of reading on piracy in the Caribbean and elsewhere.   Have you ever thought of basing a novel during the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean?  I think this setting would be great for your amazing storytelling talents.  Many of famous pirates (Roberts, Morgan, Blackbeard, Vane, Avery) were English or Welsh and the motivations for their exploits were complicated.  I could easily see a "Sharpe-like" character who falls into this life.  I hope you have considered this era.  Since Sharpe is a particular favorite of mine, I look forward to the release of your new non-fiction book on Waterloo.

Thanks
Larry O'Ferrall

Dear Mr.Cornwell,

I'm a fan of your historical books. The last I read was The Pagan Lord (Der Heidenfürst).My question to you will there be another book in this volume or should it end with the death or the life of Uhtred?
Thank you for answering.

Yours sincerely
Frank Richter

 

 

Hi
Enjoyed this series and would like to know if there will be another after The Pagan Lord to see how Uhtred continues his life after the defeat of the Danes by Edward.
Hope you not ended with The Pagan Lord
Regards
Arthur

 

Thanks for the great work that you do!  I really enjoy your books especially the Saxon Series.  Are you planning on writing another book in this series to follow Pagan Lord?  It seemed from the ending of Pagan Lord that this might be possible but I wasn't sure.
Thanks,
Javier Manrique

Hey
is there any chance that you will give out maps to the saxon books.
I mean better maps than those that appear in the books right now.
I think they have like 15-30 names on them and I think your list of all the names in
the books are closer to being somewhere around 90.
And that makes it really hard for me at least to follow where different people are in the books. Where they have been. And where they are going. So I guess I only get like very shallow experience of your books and I guess everyone else does too,
so anyway really hope you can fix that or at least put up like a map that fans can download so those readers who want a better map can just download / view it online and perhaps print it also if they like well that's all
the books seem really good ...but as I said I can't really grasp the whole story thing because of this map issue

Anton

Re-reading Sharpe's Waterloo for the umpteenth time, and I recall a guided tour where the guide showed us a wall where the French are supposed to have hacked notches in their sword blades so as to make even more unpleasant wounds.
You always have Sharpe grind a sharp smooth blade.
Would the French or anyone else have done this?

Barry Doran