Your Questions

Thanks to a chance selection whilst going on holiday and then a Kindle for last but one Christmas, I have now become a dedicated follower! Kindle allows you to go in sequential order through your various heroes. I was hooked on Sharpe and have read them all and I am now "mopping up" your others.
I  have  just completed the Warrior Chronicles, hooked again, and you say at the end of Death of Kings, "so Uhtred must fight again." I knew there must be more to come and I am desperate to continue with his tale. I was wondering if you could possibly tell me when??!!
I have completed 32 of your books so far and will continue until complete or you publish more.
Kind regards
David Effer

Hi MR CORNWELL

just read 1356 and really enjoyed it.  I would like to know if Uhtred will be returning in the saxon series again in the future?  my best regards to you and thanks for superb books

Haydn

 

Dear Bernard,

Absolutely love these books, can you please tell me when book 7 is due out? Only finished 6 last night all ready getting withdrawal symptoms! Thanks and keep up the brilliant writing.
Pete Rendell

Dear Bernard Cornwell,

initially thanks for the previous answer. This time the question is now considered writing a book to tell The Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War or something about The Zulu war
I apologize in advance for expressing opinions in his plans, but at least this assiduous reader would like to see your finished saxon tales before they commence another series, wait for the progress of two series at the same time be very cruel ...
Thank you for your attention
Marcelo Mendonça
Rio de Janeiro

I just finished 1356. It is a very good book. I don't know if I enjoy Thomas of Hookton or Uhtred more. Any chance that Thomas Hook will reappear? Is the line in 1356 about Roland and the dark tower meant to be associated with Stephen King's Dark Tower, or just happenstance?
John Edgar Back

I just finished my third reading of the Sharpe series.  I can"t adequately express my pleasure at both the rich descriptive narrative and the historical accuracy.  It's a testimony to your writing skill, that I think of Richard Sharpe as if he were real.  Whence comes my comments below.

After three readings, I can't help feeling Sharpe still got short changed.  Remembering the recognition Hornblower finally received, it seems to me that Richard Sharpe should have gotten a divorce, appointment as Colonel-in-chief of his regiment ( with a generous pension) and maybe a knighthood.  I think he deserved this vindication and with Wellington's sponsorship and Lawford's patronage as well as the acquaintance of the Prince of Wales, such recognition should have been  plausible.

I have also read the works of Patrick O'Brian, Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent, C. S. Forrester and Dewy Lambdin.  Recently I've progressed into the reference sources you cite.  I am reading "Wellington, the Years of the Sword."

I've read most of your other books as well, but the Sharpe series is my favorite, Thank you for giving me many hours of pleasant immersion into his world.
Rick

Hello Mr Cornwell,

I've enjoyed your books for some years now, and enjoy listening to Sharpe on audiobook on my lonely night shifts (William Gaminara being my favourite narrator)
I suppose you've been getting this question since Sharpe's Fury but when will you writing another Sharpe novel, as I'm worried Sharpe and Harper won't march again.
Kind regards
Cian Mills

Are there going to be any more Sharpe novels, also, are any of the other previous novels going to be televised to join the fourteen(14) that have been already??
Anthony Betts

I would be grateful if you could clarify for me something that is puzzling me regarding Thomas of Hookton.
The Grail Series involves Thomas but am I correct in thinking that he made his introduction in Agincourt, and if this is correct why is Agincourt not part of The Grail Series?
Also, as an aside, is 1356 part of The Grail Series?
Thank you in anticipation,

David Nixon

Hi Mr. Cornwell.

Have you ever thought about telling your version of the Robin Hood tale? If not, will you please consider doing it one day? Please.

Congratulations for your opus!
Tiago Jordão

Dear Mr Cornwell
Would you mind continuing writing the Saxon Stories until I tell you to stop?
These books are simply awesome and to my deepest regret I am already on page 154 of the 6th and last (!) book.
I am already planning to ration the few pages left  so that them last longer. "Only two pages per tram ride". But would it help in the end?
Wyrd bið flu aræd
So my idea is that you continue writing the story and I continue buying it.  :o)
Yours sincerely
Silke Röpke

Dear Mr. Cornwell,
I enjoyed 1356 immensely. Once again, your historical intertwining with the fictionalized characters is so riveting that I couldn't put it down. I only wish I could visit the hallowed grounds where these events took place. I assume you travel a lot to research your work and the residents of England and France must have guestrooms on standby for your arrivals.
Do you usually stay with friends or more formal accommodations?
Will Thomas face any more battles or is he retiring?
I envy you and relish your every book.
Jim T

I've just finished re-reading Sharpe's Regiment, followed by a viewing of the TV episode and both were highly enjoyable. I liked the plot regarding the sale of recruits and crimping scandal. However, I'm still left confused. I can see the motive for selling recruits from the perspective of Fenner, Simpson et al as the profits on such a scale would have been lucrative. Though why would officers from other regiments want to buy recruits anyway? As far as I’m aware most regiments had their depot battalion doing the recruiting and training before sending drafts out to the Peninsular or wherever the overseas battalion was. This being the case why would regimental officers wish to spend considerable sums of money buying men when it was they already did their own recruiting? The only solution I surmised was that it was cheaper to buy a trained recruit than to train one from scratch. Yours thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
David Benjamin