Your Questions

Hello Mr. Cornwell,

I'm from Brazil and a huge fan of yours.

I would like to know if "The Pagan Lord" is the last book in the series. I hope

I have read almost all of your books and hope that you keep doing the wonderful job that you are doing.

Thank you very much,

Ricardo

Hello Can you tell me if there are going to be any more adventures for Richard Sharpe?He must be the greatest historical character in modern fiction. Hope you can fit a few more adventures during the peninsular wars for him. Having owned  all the books, I am now re buying them all for my lovely kindle, so they are always there even on a plane in mid Atlantic. How good is that.  Thanks for looking

Lois

Dear Mr. Cornwell,
my name is Paolo Cipriani. I live in Italy (Florence) and I'm 47 years old. I and my son Andrea (13 years) have to thank you for the many hours of pleasure reading Richard Sharpe's adventures.
Unfortunately, only the first ten books are already translated in italian (from Sharpe' tiger to Sharpe's Escape) and we are waiting patiently all the others.
My son and I often talk of Richard Sharp because we really love his books.
We would like to watch the movies too and we would like to know: can we find those with italian subtitles?
Thank you very much and LONG LIFE TO RICHARD SHARPE AND HIS AUTHOR!!!

Paolo and Andrea Cipriani

P.S.
Do you think Richard will to fight in Italy? We are expecting him...

Dear Bernard,

I've been home sick with a severe throat infection so got some books from my library to read, including Justin Pollard's excellent study of Alfred the Great. As a result, I just had to re-read the Uhtred novels again while I'm recovering - just the tonic I needed.

Just one question: there's so many great stories in history about Alfred's descendants, including Edmund Ironside - have you been tempted to write about this much-troubled period (the reign of Aethelred Unraed?

Also, very much looking forward to reading the Pagan Land when it's published.

All the best and may your writing arm be as strong as Uhtred's in a shield wall!
David Sibley

Your novels include a varied range of periods throughout history. But have you ever considered writing a story about James Wolfe and the capture of Quebec during the Seven Years War? Would researching yet another period prove a daunting task for you? You mentioned earlier your enjoyment of reading about the roman era, but content leaving it to authors like Simon Scarrow. However, which periods have you considered as a setting to a novel?
Robert Douglas

Bernard,

Thanks so much for the books you write. I really enjoy the the Saxon Stories as well as the Grail Quest stories. Looking forward to the new Saxon book coming out here soon. It has been a little while since the last Grail book the Heretic. When could we expect to see a new Grail book?

Best Regards,
Dennis Blair

Mr. Cornwell,

I have emailed you questions in the past and I always appreciate your honest and forthright responses. I was reading the Saxon series to completion for my sixth or seventh time, and I just noticed an oddity. Uhtred in his various leadership roles refers to a particular move, the boar's tusk, numerous times. But, as the series progresses you notate that same move with various interchanging names- i.e boars tusk, swine head, etc... Is there any specific reason for the change in vocabulary? Is there some historical significance to that?

Thank you (and I cannot wait for Pagan Lord),

Rich S

Hello Mr Cornwell
I have just finished reading the Harlequin, and I have spotted a mistake where you quote that the city of Rennes is on the river Seine. From my memory it is on the confluence of two rivers the Ille and the Vilaine.
Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed the book, as all the others books and they are numerous that have been written by yourself. At the moment I am looking forward to the next installment of the Warrior Chronicles.
Dave

The quote "everything ends in tears" comes from Excalibur, a day or so after the battle of Mynydd Baddon when Derfel meets up with Merlin and Taliesin.  "'Fate is inexorable,'  (Merlin) said sourly, 'and everything ends in tears.'"  My question is about the first part of the quote, which is not only one of Merlin's favorites, but is used in the Saxon stories.  Can you tell me when you first ran across this?
Bob Burton

If you could own one weapon that you have written about, what would you choose?

Also, what are you writing at the moment?
William