Your Questions

I am Brazilian and I am big fan of your work. Had already bought the books for some time, however was not time to read them. Derfel was a great surprise. Fell in love with this character. All of them. Sagramor mainly. Lords of War Arthur he was the most captivating. His death by killing the last of the brothers was exciting. I was very upset by the death of Prince Tristan. It was not like Arthur and I felt like Derfel, immobilized by shields, incapable of doing anything. Furthermore I would have been the wolf mask on the shields of "Warriors of the Cauldron." I wish Lord Derfel had been more respected on condition of prince, so treated as Galaad and Couneglas.

Can not wait to read Saxon Chronicles and all your collections!

If one day this story become a movie, who is the Lord to direct it?

Respectfully.

Ernani Roses.

Hello Bernard
I'm from a different time Yours affectionately player and I wanted to ask how come most of your books in the saga of Richard Sharpe have not been published here in Italy, making it painfully incomplete story that appears to be rather fragmented?
I also wanted to compliment you for the history of Uhtred of Bebbanburg; fictionalized story is the best that I have ever read and I hope that this at least, will be translated into Italian full.
I'll still have my most sincere compliment and I hope that you can still appassionarci with new stories.
I hope to receive news from you soon and I apologize for the fact that my English is imperfect.
Your devoted reader
Michele Chiminelli

Several times I have noted that you list various cultures in The Saxon Tales, namely the Northmen (Danes and Norse), Saxons, Frisian, Jute and Frankish. Once or twice I've seen Angle, however Uhtred refers to himself as a Saxon. Being a descendant of the kings of Bernicia on his fathers side and the Mercians on his mothers, would he not be an Angle himself? I understand that over time the two terms combined and were fairly interchangeable for issues of brevity (Anglo-Saxon, Angle, and Saxon), however would Uhtred officially be an Angle or Saxon?
J. Sharpe Williams

Dear Mr Cornwell,
Born in Norway and living in Sweden, I'm most thankful for your burying the myth of horned Viking helmets once and for all. May those absurd contraptions rest in peace (or on the heads of Scandinavian public hopefuls in sports arenas... ). However, where did this idea of the Northern tribes wearing such headwear come from in the first place? As far as I know, the Gaelic/Kelt/Germanic savages back then might have used them. Any comment?
My main question to you - after reading with much pleasure the first Alfred/Uthred novel - is how come the Romans, centuries before, built sturdy housing and bulwarks with bricks, stones and mortar, only to induce people - savage invaders or domestic inhabitants - to erect their abodes with fragile earth, wood that rot and forever moulding thatched roofs? Solid remains from the Roman era were there for anyone to learn from, so why did they not "catch on"?!
It's not as if the Norsemen or Engelanders were blind and stupid - so what caused them NOT to adopt building methods they must clearly have been able to see with their own eyes and so learned the benefits from.
I'm growing a tiny bit when reading your stories, as it had not occurred to me before how much of my ancestors' Nordic languages indeed was/is a basis for latterday, and perhaps still valid English.
Long live London or Vive Lundene (a lund = a place with a grove of trees)!
Please keep up the good works, or stop right now, and I may have time to read all of your books in my lifetime.
Very best regards,
Vivi Munthe, Malmö, Sweden

Just finished reading Death of Kings. Loved it. I am hoping there will be more books in this series :)
Thank you,
Teri

Will we get to see Uhtred in a future novel? I love this character,he and Thomas Hookton are why I read your awesome books.
Kevin Costello

Have read most of the Sharpe books, and several others, including The Fort, and loved them all. However my favourites are the Saxon stories, just finished Death of Kings, enjoyed it very much. Will there be a 7th book in the series?
Jim Miles

Dear Mr. Cornwell,
I am writing from rainy Munich. I have read all your books about the Arthur Saga and started with the stories about the saxon kings about two years ago. I finished "dead of king" one month after publishing in Germany. Now I am really looking forward for your next book about Uhtred and the saxon kings and I am wondering when you are going to publish the next story about them.
Kind regards,
Sarah

I would like to know if Uhtred ever retakes Babbenburg - I've been reading these wonderful books and have not gotten to the bottom of that question.
William Babcock

Mr. Cornwell,
I am thrilled you are still alive. The reason I say that is that I discovered the Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakaweweo'le after he had died, and was very depressed to think he was gone, and I hadn't even known anything about him. I think people probably do that all the time. We just discover the world in bits and pieces and we are lucky if we discover something that is real at the same time we are. At any rate, that said, just wanted to tell you I discovered your work for myself by chance when I needed an audio book for a 14-hour car trip and I am a terrible snob and only read non-fiction, so I love to get bios and historical novels like the History of the Plague but couldn't find anything...and then found Sharp's Prey which after reading the synopsis seemed adequately historical for a trip - so I got it and.....dear Lord I couldn't stand to get out of the car for gas, food, or the bathroom for the next 14 hours. And imagine my disbelief to find out there were 20 more ofthese (which I have all read in the meantime)!!!! So, I want to thank you for your brilliance, humor, and historical acumen, and creating such a wonderful, flawed, compelling character as Richard Sharpe - and I just have two questions. Will you ever write about Richard Sharpe the year before he went into the army, and will you ever write about finding Antonia? It seems we need those bookends to make it all complete. I have also loved Agincourt, The Fort, and The Bloody Ground. I will probably make it through all of them eventually since I am getting ready to retire.Good camping companions I would say. Thank you again for a great gift to my life. Heidi Pratt

hello Mr. Cornwell
just finished reading the Agincourt story .must say that you spin a great tale of power ,violence and love . any chance of a follow up on what Hook gets up to?
anyway I´m looking forward to reading your next book.
please pardon my english
Sincerely yours
John Andersen

Hello Bernard,
I have not really made the time to read for a few decades, I used to love reading James Herbert in my younger years. Nowadays I am frequently very stressed, being self employed, and my wife Louise convinced me to start reading again to calm me down, she was a great advocate for the Sharpe series. I had watched them on the TV, wonderful, though I'm not a great fan of being patient whilst, already, knowing the punch line. However, that said, I persevered and the books absolutely blew me away, yes the fictional characters were sensational and the written stories totally outstripped the TV series, but it was the history, the situations real people were in, the history of this country, the alliances that we don't spare a second thought to now. I stopped reading James Herbert because I thought some of his gore was too over the top and overly sensational to the effect on myself of thinking, 'yeah yeah more death', but the descriptions and the reality of what actually happened at the battles and sieges in the peninsula war are so horrific and so personal I found it quite breathtaking. The same can be said of the Uhtred and the Thomas of Hookton books. I don't want to drone on too much (I am quite fanatical about these books) but the books were educational to me and made me take a lot more interest in the history of my country(I do pick up a few Americanisms though). However, I am now on the third book of the Game of Thrones series, they are so addictive, I am past where the TV is up to and enjoying the books even more, I find the characters so real, again the books way outstrip the TV series, and that's saying something, but instead of sleepless nights worrying about where the next pay roll is coming from, I am worrying about dragons and especially that none of the characters have ever existed, they are entertaining but not as amazing as history and especially English/British History,.
Would you ever write another Sharpe book? The Indian campaign
(Pre -Napoleon) was a period with quite a few holes in it that a good novel could fit? Personally Uhtred and Thomas are my favourite characters and I await further instalments, will I have to wait long? Do you ever think a film studio or TV franchise will take up the Viking series? That could be sensational AND real! Thank you for your amazing work and sorry for going on and on, I'm sure my wife regrets encouraging me to read more again, once I start I struggle to stop. Thank you for your time.
Barry Dawson.

Mr Cornwell,
I've written a few questions and comments in the past and you've always been good enough to humour me, and I hope you will once again do me the honour of answering my musings.
Many years ago, whilst deep in my cups with a few fellow procrastinators, we started discussing who would win a battle between one state-of-the-art tank and 1000 spearman in a massive colloseum type arena. Stupid question I know, but would be cool to hear your opinion!
Felicitations
Owe :)