Your Questions

Q

I have just finished Pagan Lord which is 7th in the series. I noticed that these started in 2004 hence seven books in ten years. As Lord Uhtred is now in his late 40's and one of your earlier books in this series indicated that he was dictating his memories in his eighties.
Does this mean another seven books to the end of the saga?
As I am approaching 70 will I see the end book!!!!
Thanks for the enjoyment.
Michael Poulter

Submitted January 30, 2014

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Maybe???

Q

Mr Cornwell,
just a simple question - Have you ever served in the army?
Peter

Submitted January 30, 2014

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No, they wouldn't have me (bad eyes).

Q

Hello! I'm a big fan of your Uhtred books! Reading about the 9th century really makes my skin crawl! Will you be perhaps writing some book about the welsh kingdoms in the future!? Or perhaps about the slavic duchy of carniola? thank you for your answer! keep up the good work!

Blaž

Submitted January 30, 2014

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Sorry, neither is in my plans at the moment.

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I have read the seven books written so far.  Want to know if you will finished them before you or I meet in the halls of Valhalla?
Larry Uelsmann

 

 

Hello lord Cornwell. (did you like the lord? Uhtred would have isn't it?...rs)
I have to say first that you are a great writer, but i believe you know this...rs I´ve learned a lot with your books, you are a great teacher for me, and because of that I thank you. I have written 4 books and you inspired me a lot. I hope one day you can read one of my books, do you know portuguese? Because i'm brazilian...rsrs
About the Saxon Tales, do you have an ideia of how many books more are you going to write? Its a great series, but i get a little frustrated all the time Uhtred fail in going back to bebbanburg  ... Please let him go home...
Diego de Lima

 

 

Hello,
I understand from reading other people's questions that you are already writing the next book in the Warrior Chronicles....(thank goodness, he hasn't got hold of Bebbanburg yet!!). Can I ask when starting a series like this do you know how many books you envisage writing and secondly how many do you think you will write to conclude the series?
Thanks and Kind Regards
Chris

Submitted January 30, 2014

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I hope so!

 

I didn't know how many books would make up this series when I started and I still don't!  But I do know it will be a few more....

Q

Mr. Cornwell:

I love all your books!  I just finished Pagan Lord, outstanding as usual.  Two questions.  Do you have a timeframe for your next book?  Do you have any plans for a 20th century story, perhaps WWII?  Thanks.  Keep them coming.

Andy Bertorelli

 

Mr. Cornwell,

I have been a devoted reader of all your series since I first picked up Azincourt as something to occupy me on a trans-Atlantic flight. Your series follow, for the most part, the near mythical and history making moments in the English history. I was wondering if you had considered a series following the British army in Egypt during the second or even the first world war? Please let me know if anything comes up.
Sincerely,
Ben Lindsey

Submitted January 30, 2014

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No plans for either World War!  Hopefully my next book (Uhtred) will be ready for publication in September 2014 (UK).

Q

Mr. Cornwell,

I have to tell you how thankful I am to have read your books throughout my adult life.  From Redcoat to the Starbuck Series, to Sharpe, Derful, Thomas, Uhtred, and all the others, my reading history is your production line.

I was wondering if you can suggest a fictional tale which deals with William the Conqueror.  I also read Sharon Kay Penman's books, and she deals mostly after William, where your Uhtred stories have me interested in the earlier days.  I welcome any suggestions, and thank you!
Tony D'Amico

Submitted January 28, 2014

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I don’t know of one! Someone else might? And perhaps could send a suggestion?

Q

Hello!  An English friend gave me you entire Sheild wall series.  I read "The last Kingdom" in four days,

I was surprised to find the word "swiving."  The only place I had ever seen it before was in a book by the late sexologist Dr. Robert Chartham.  I had always assumed that he made the word up!  A little research reveals that it's an olde English word.. Although not as old as the 9th century.

Harry Dudrow

Submitted January 28, 2014

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I’ve known it a long time, and it’s one of my favourite words. The OED does mark it as ‘obsolescent’, but also notes that it’s a good Saxon word, so yes, its roots certainly go back to the 9th Century and beyond – all the way to Old High German.

Q

Dear sir,
Uhtred in Rome??? Surely not ? How?
John

Submitted January 28, 2014

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We know of a lot of Saxons who made the pilgrimage, Alfred for one (who may well have gone twice). It was a well established pilgrimage route and folk would have visited because they needed the Pope’s blessing or approval. I agree Uhtred would not have gone for that reason, and I don’t know if he ever will make the journey, but it wouldn’t be a stretch for him!

Q

Dear Mr Cornwell,
I am a student with the task of studying certain authors works and developing a 3D model of something from their works. In the list of authors you are one of them and I am most pleased to find that as I am an avid reader of your books. My aim for this course is to produce a 3D model of what would be Uhtred's home, Bebbanburg. Bamburgh castle we see today was built through the 11th century onward. What would your interpretation of Bebbanburg be? I vision a small hold with stone buildings of the warriors and families of Bebbanburg surrounded by a palisade. Thank you for your time and thank you for your works that feed my imagination.

Yours Faithfully
Michael Saiger

p.s this course has given me a great excuse to read the series of Uhtred again.

Submitted January 28, 2014

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The folk at Bamburgh would probably be pleased to help you!  There’s a good deal of archaeological work being done there, and I know that in the Saxon period there was at least one stone wall across the isthmus. On the whole, though, the fortress would have been of wood – a stout palisade, probably of oak trunks, and the summit of the hill crowned by the great hall with lesser buildings all around it. The area immediately to the west of the present castle is a low-lying playing field (if I remember correctly) and that would have been a shallow harbor in the 9th Century. There really was only one viable approach, from the south, and it’s there that the stone wall was built. Beyond it would have been mostly wood.

 

Q

Hi  Bernard..

I have just finished the "Pagan Lord" and Uhtred has been severely injured and Bebbanberg  has not been taken! When is Uhtred going to finish the job and get retired in his own Castle??  I am surely anticipating the time that the answer will be on the market and in my e-reader.
I am 82 years and have read scores of other authors books and 'tales' but somehow missed those you have wrote. I am making up for that now!! Thanks and keep up the great work.

Jack

When is the next Uhtred novel due out?
John Bell

Submitted January 28, 2014

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Well I am writing the next book of Uhtred's story now and hope it will be ready for publication (in the UK) in October.