Your Questions

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Thank you for your books I have found the amassing / Uhtred brilliant . Can I please make a request that you look at the lion hart for a book . I particularly like when he broke the siege  at Jaffa his enemies would not attack him as his fighting spirit was so strong
Kenny

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I doubt I will ever write about the Crusades or Richard the Lionheart.


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Any chance that you could tackle some of the War of the Roses? Perhaps focusing on young Richard of Gloucster, i.e. during the battles of Tewksbury?  Richard and Edward IV were such ferocious warriors it would seem a great book of bloody battle gore, a la Agincourt. At any rate, I love reading about how Richard of Gloucster was such a staunch ally of his brother.  He always fought so hard and was given so much responsibility at such a young age. He was often wounded and his pages were killed even though he was a high ranking Duke. He was always in the thick of it and with your skills, it seems like a great story!

Rene Sanz

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I'm not planning anything on the Wars of the Roses, sorry!


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Dear Mr Cornwell
Is there any chance of you writing more on the adventures of Arthur and Derfel? The trilogy are my favorite books and I would love to read more.
Thanks in anticipation
S Ward

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No, no plans to add to the Arthur books.


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Hi Bernard,

thank you for many years of enjoyment.  I am a big Sharpe fan but have also read the majority of your books.  Somewhere I read a passage about an English officer reconnoitring in the Pyrenees with only a small group of men.  In the fog they stumbled across a strong French force.  Fearing the worst the officer advanced and demanded the French surrender in which he was successful.  I could not remember which book this appeared in so it inspired me to reread the entire Sharpe collection in chronological order in order to locate the passage.  I never found it and now wonder if my memory deceives me and it never appeared in your novels at all.  May you shed any light on the matter.
Mark Smith

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I’m in the same fog – wasn’t Sharpe!


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Dear Bernard,

never having heard my surname in any story before I am intrigued to know if Will Skeats ,who fought with Thomas at Crecy was a fictious character or a real individual?  Also living in Lingfield Surrey UK is where Cobham is buried so he was definitely  at  Crecy. l must say I thoroughly enjoyed your book .
John Skeats

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Certainly there were guys like Will Skeat, but he is not an actual person.


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Hi Bernard.

In the first book of the Warlord Chronicles, you describe a saxon (in the Stonehenge) with horns in the helmet, but the saxons really have some helmets with horns or is invention? (The vikings certainly don't have horns in his helmets, but the saxons...?) THANKS !
Igor

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The theory is that such horned helmets (there’s very fine example in the London Museum) were purely cultic objects – used in ritual, but never in battle, and I suspect that’s what I was thinking of.

 


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Bernard,

I would like to know if you have considered (or would consider) leading a tour of Spain and Portugal that tracks Richard Sharpe's travels and battles.  I know that you have been to these places and believe that you would offer more perspective and insight about Iberia than most tour guides.

Richard Emmitt

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It sounds like fun but I can't imagine when I'd find the time to do it!  You might be interested in the indispensable guide  Wellington's Peninsular War, Battles and Battlefields by Julian Paget

 


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Your stories have so many intriguing small historical details, I often go off exploring them as I'm re-reading. In the Winter King, Agravain tells Derfel about an old crush Arthur had on a woman he calls "Mella-Messa".
Were you referring to the fairy Melusine,, legendary ancestor of Richard I?

Thanks for your work--I can re-read cause I always seem to find something new.
Anna Costello

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I’m afraid I have no idea, sorry – I wrote the books so long ago I just don’t remember.


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Dear Mr Cornwell,

started reading Sharpe a couple of years ago and have since become enthralled with Starbuck and Uhtred as well.I am halfway through your Arthurian chronicles and finding them a truly enchanting read.I do also have a few questions for you.
The worship of Mithras has been mentioned in other historical fiction I have read.Are there any books or websites with archeological information about it?
Secondly on a more personal note,of all the characters you have created in your novels which one would you be and at one point of their story would you be them?
Thirdly, of all the lovers wives and heroines you have wrote about,which one is the most beautiful?
Finally, will you ever write a follow up to Stonehenge ?
Your books give me an immense amount of enjoyment,thank you for writing such engrossing novels.
All the very best wishes, Carmelo Russo.

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Mithraism was a major religion, so I'm sure there must be some scholarly works on it . . . what they are I don't know, and I'm afraid I wrote those books so long ago that I've long forgotten what sources I used . . . sorry . . . I should keep much better notes, but I don't.  Perhaps you might try going to Mithraism in Wikipedia and getting the latest references . . . ??

 

I’ve never thought about that!  My first instinct is to say I have no idea – and I don’t! Maybe for a couple of minutes I’d be a character at the battle of Waterloo – just to see what it was like. But only a couple of minutes.

 

They are all beautiful, but I have a particular liking for Ceinwyn.

 

I have no plans for it.


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Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I'm a huge fan of yours, thanks for your books! I live in Budapest, Hungary and I would like to inquire about the Hungarian edition of The Pagan Lord.
I've tried to find a date or statement on the internet but nothing.
Could you please share the latest news on this with me?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Lorinc Sipos

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Sorry, but I don't have any news to share!  I think there will be an Hungarian translation of The Pagan Lord, but I do not know when it will be available.  Perhaps in about a year?