Your Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Firstly I am a big fan of your books and it's very frustrating when, for example in the 'Pagan Lord' , Uhtred  almost reclaims Bebbanburg (sorry if its not spelt right ) and in the end he fails. As I have always enjoyed the idea of him actually reclaiming his birthright, kicking out his traitorous uncle, taking back the fortress, taking his men and kicking some more pompous priests A*s I am just wondering in your new book will Uhtred try and reclaim Bebbanburg again?....

P.S. would just like to apologize for any awful punctuation or spellings.I have am 15 and have no love for English and  am  not as good a writer as you.
Thanks and good luck with the new book.
Matt

Dear Bernard,

I have been a Sharpe fan for many years and I thought that you might be interested in the following...
Due to my connections with Latin America (my wife is Venezuelan), I learnt recently that some of the decisive battles in Simon Bolivar's struggle for independence from Spain were won mainly because of the assistance of British volunteers (particularly riflemen) that had previously been fighting Napoleon. According to Wikipedia " ..The British Legions were an important part of Bolívar's army. They played a pivotal role in the Vargas Swamp Battle on July 25, 1819, and Bolivar credited them with the victory at the subsequent Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819..." .   These events are not well known in the UK and the British have recently been derided by Latin American states so I thought you might be interested in writing a novel that would show how some of Sharpe's contemporaries helped some of these countries achieve independence from Spain. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Thanks.
Kind regards
Rob Clarke.