Your Questions

Q

hallo you,
my husband is a big fan of your books. because we live in germany the question now is - when will be a german translation of the 7th book???? the last we have in germany is "der sterbende könig"......??
with many greetings from germany
mariah

Hello,i got an question about your new book The Pagan Lord. When it will release in germany i cant wait;D for it!!!!
Tobias

Submitted January 16, 2014

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I believe you will have the German translation of The Pagan Lord in June of this year.  Hope you enjoy it!

Q

Hello Mr Cornwell,
I have read the Arthur Warlord chronicles and Alfred Warrior chronicles, I enjoyed these stories so much 4 stars.
I was wondering if there is going to be any more stories about Uhtred?
Or any other stories between Alfred and 1066?
My intentions are to read books in historical date order, my next historical period is 1066 which I am going to read Hereward (1062), What Fates Impose (1066), Hereward 2 (1067), Sworn Sword (1069), The Splintered Kingdom (1070),            The Knights of the Hawks (1071) & Hereward 3 (1071).
Hereward - James Wilde
What Fates Impose - G.K. Holloway
Sworn Sword,The Splintered Kingdom,The Knights of the Hawks - James Aitcheson
Then I will reading your novels during the 100 year wars, unless you have any other suggestions, books of yours I may have missed .
Mark

 

Is a sequel to Pagan Lord due any time soon?
I have really enjoyed the series also the Grail series.
Regards
Rod

Submitted January 16, 2014

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I am writing the next book of Uhtred's story now.

Q

Hi Mr. Cornwell!
I'm here to tell you that your books have the best battles I have ever seen, I do appreciate all of your books and I pray that you keep this awesome work you're doing. I have read all of your books, my favorite is the Arthur books and the grail Quest, and do you have a favorite of your own?
(Sorry about my english, i can not say for sure that i've wrote everything right)
My Regards,

Gustavo Salem

Submitted January 16, 2014

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Hard to say...I've always reckoned the Arthur trilogy are my favourite books - maybe because they were such a pleasure to write. But I find Uhtred is almost as much fun and I take huge pleasure from Sharpe...

Q

Hi my my name is Brennon (21) from kent UK. I just finished reading the the bloody ground for the first time 10 minutes ago. I then discovered that it was first published back in 96. I'm sure that the next one will be outstanding if it's taken this long. After all why else would you torture your fans with this waiting? :)  good luck from your patient fan. Just waiting. . .

Mr Cornwell,

I have just finished "The Bloody Ground" and am eager for more Nate Starbuck. But despite searching on Amazon's site I can't find a fifth book in the series. Have you written one?
Alec Nowers

I enjoyed your story of Nathanel Starbuck.
Any future plans for him?
Thx
Barry Goldstein

Submitted January 14, 2014

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The fifth book isn't written yet, but I hope to get to it one day.

Q

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

first, sorry for my bad English.
You had finish The Pagan Lord last year, can you tell me, what you write momentary?
Thank you
Götz Hilliger

Submitted January 13, 2014

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I recently finished my first non-fiction book - on the Battle of Waterloo.  Currently I am writing the next book of Uhtred's story (The Warrior Chronicles).

Q

I am now re-reading the Sharpe series. Trying to read in the order you wrote them. Fine job stitching together books written out of historical sequence. "Sharpes Rifles" stands out a a masterpiece because we are led to focus on the snow-storms and Major Blas De Vivar, and because we follow Sharpe as he learns to lead.I hope Harper  marches again, but you have covered much of the campaign already. We wonder if Sharpe went to visit his Spanish daughter. What happened to the "secondary" characters, such as the skipper from "Trafalgar". Might you biography of Sharpe include more of his story? What did Blas de Vivar do during the rest of the war?
John Welch

Submitted January 13, 2014

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The sad answer is ‘no idea’. I never really think about their lives outside the confines of the stories – but off the top of my head I’d grant both of them long life and success!  And perhaps Sharpe will see his daughter again some day....

Q

Hi,

I'm reading The Winter King and enjoying it immensely, but there's something that gave me pause and I heard you're very good about answering queries so I thought I'd send a message. When the narrator captures Wlenca the Saxon he describes their languages as mutually intelligible, but as you obviously know Anglo-Saxon is Germanic and Welsh is Celtic. Are they more cognate than that would suggest or is there another explanation? I hate to be such a stickler, but it got me wondering.

Thanks!
Doug

Submitted January 13, 2014

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I can’t remember the passage, and the narrator, remember, was brought up among Saxons, so I assume he spoke a Saxon dialect along with Welsh?

Q

Hi Mr Cornwell,

Happy new year. I have not read all your books but have really enjoyed the whole series of the Saxons. Brought the Pagan Lord some time ago, and have saved reading it until I had finished a project of my own. I could wait no longer and am now a third of the way through. It is a scary time to live but a part of me feels it was a time when you had your own destiny in your hands. As I am now 50 I have sympathy with Uhtred and his queast for achieving his goals before it's to late.
I would like to know which character in your books you most identify with.
Please keep up this series as I am sure I will miss Uhtred and I haven't even finished the book yet.

All the best

Andy.

Submitted January 13, 2014

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Obadiah Hakeswill. Why did I ever kill him off?

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I am loving your books. I don't mind a bit of swearing, but would they really have used the 'f' word in the Battle of Agincourt days?...Perhaps you don't know what word they would have actually used, and this word is very explicit!
Thanks again for terrific books.
Coral Horton

Submitted January 13, 2014

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The answer is probably yes. The earliest usage in print is 16th Century (so far as I can see), but the word goes all the way back to Germanic roots suggesting it arrived with the Anglo-Saxons. Such a useful word too!

Q

As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War , I believe it might be an appropriate time to revisit the Starbuck Chronicles.  I am about to begin the third reading of the series (in proper chronological order, this time), and would be thrilled to have something to follow it up : perhaps something about Gettysburg, and perhaps another which would have Nathaniel witnessing the events at Appomatox.
At any rate, could you (would you), PLEASE continue the chronicles?
Thanks for the past "Excellent Reads, and I look forward to future endeavors...
Good Luck in all that you do!
J.B. Smith, SGM, USA (ret)

Hi Bernard,
Keep up the good work, and I love reading and collecting all your books to read over again.
Are you able to advise when you might write another Starbuck novel, as it has been a rather long wait for a new one since 1996.
Vince

 

Bernard, sorry, I know I've asked you before, but please can we have another Starbuck Chronicle? You've previously said that you felt he was a bit too similar to Sharpe, but a lot of water has passed under the bridge since the Sharpe series, and as someone who is very interested in the American Civil War, I'd love to know how Nate progresses, or if he manages to survive. I love your Viking and French war series, but I'm getting desperate to know about Nate!
Regards, and a Happy New Year
Jim Davies
Norwich
England

Submitted January 8, 2014

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I do hope to return to Starbuck but I can't say when it might be, sorry!