Your Questions

I have read most of your books and the Arthur series, sharpe and the grail quest are brilliant, but by far the best is the saxon series, I am gutted that I brought death of kings the day it was released and finished it in 4 days, when will the next saxon book be released?

Nigel Day

I love the Saxon series I just recieved the death of kings and finished it. Do you plan on continuing the story of Uhtred and if so, when I can look forward to purchasing the next book in the series?

Aaron

Hello there, trust you're well and about to launch another tome of excellent storytelling at us. I am close to finishing the third book of your Arthur series (The Winter King etc) having read the first two and this third back-to-back. Am enjoying the tale immensely and think you've managed to inhabit the character of Derfel sublimely well. What I'm actually interested to know is where did you get the idea for the Three Wounds that Nimue must experience before she becomes fully part of the Druidic tradition or open to the mysteries, however you want to put it? Is this a fictional device or is there some loose fact based on Druidic or other religious 'lore?' All of the characters in this series are expertly crafted I think and I'm only sorry to be reaching the end of the third book. Many thanks for giving me such huge enjoyment of their presence in my imagination. Kind regards Elizabeth S Mullen

My husband and I love all your books! I am very keen to purchase the Warlord Chronicles in Kindle format. I believe that there is a problem the publisher has been trying to work through. Do you have any update on when we may be able to obtain these e books? Kind regards

Rachel

Hello I have just finished reading Death of Kings and I thought it was great. I hope the next ones out soon. About to start The Grail Quest Series. I received a kindle for Xmas and when I looked for some of your books to purchase I could not find the Aurthur books. Will you be realising them on e-book format for the kindle?

Stewart Russell

Are the Arthur books going to be released in Kindle edition? My Kindle won't be complete without Derfel, hope they'll be available soon.

Helen Edwards

I am currently rereading - for about the fourth time - the Arthur books, and Sharpe's Waterloo. (This sparked an interest in military history of the period). The story of the fattest man in the Prussian Army being entrusted with the news of the French invasion has long intrigued me, but yours is the only book I have read that mentions the episode. Does this man have a name, or where else can I find out more about the story?

Geoff Brown

Dear Mr. Cornwell I have a question regarding viking history, but first I want to tell you how much I enjoy your Saxon Stories. I have spent more than a few hours, rapped up in your marvellous writing. I started reading the books backwards and have just now started the first book about Uhtred, The Last Kingdom. In this book Uhtred tells us that the Danes had returned to Northumbria. That they had been there before he was born, and among other enterprises, raided the monastery at Lindisfarne. In my history lessons I was taught that the Vikings that raided Lindisfarne, was in fact Norwegian. Is this information incorrect? Have I fallen a victim of national pride and false facts, do you think? I studied history for a year, and a really old account of the Viking period (from 1936 I think), was the only book in the curriculum. I have rummaged my attic for the copy and have not yet found it, but I am sure it stated that the Viking raids was performed, both by Norwegians and Danes. I am reading the translated version of The Last Kingdom, the only copy I could get a hold of, but I hope the translator have been true to your English manuscript. No doubt, at least as to labels. Sadly, I am not yet sure if he is true to your extraordinary narrative voice, and I am looking forward to returning to your original writing for the last two books. If you have reading tips on Viking History that could balance my Norwegian accounts, it would be appreciated. Sigrid Kjelland Olsen

Hi Bernard, Read every Sharpe book and really enjoyed them. I would like to ask you , as well as researching the battles that were fought that are mentioned in your Sharpe books have you ever visited any of the battle sites from the the wars? Regards, D slotta.

Mr Cornwell, Until a few months ago, I had read I believe all of your books except for the Sharpe series. I guess I kept putting them off because I knew very little about the Peninsular War. I knew I would like them any way and finally I got around to tackling the series chronologically, and I'm up to Waterloo. First off, I believe my favorite parts of any Sharpe books are his meetings with Wellington. I really enjoy the uneasy admiration between the two. Sometimes you feel Wellington wants to hate Sharpe and other times he wants to love him, and he is incapable of either. Thanks to your books, I am now going to buy a biography on the man who to me was just the guy who won Waterloo and has a beef dish named after him. One question. What do you have against ensigns? Throughout the Sharpe series they seem to have a life-expectancy along the lines of members of a Forlorn Hope.

Mike Higgins

How can we have your some books with translated Turkish edition in Turkey ? Best regards. Kuruoglu

I'M really a fan of your Sharpe's Novels and have read the Grail Quest to. But Sharpe is my favorite. I'm not quite happy with all of the Sharpe movies cause some of them have nearly nothing to do with your books. But why I write to you is one point I still wonder about: in Sharpe's Sword Sharpe is badly shot in the stomach. What happened to the bullet? In the novel is only said that it was not removed but the wound closed. Was it removed after Sharpe was taken from the Deathroom?

And now another question - I'm just curious. What happened to Jane, Sharpe's wife? I hope that the Seachest full of coins that Sharpe and Harper got from Cochrane in Devil made Sharpe rich again. Thank you for Sharpe and the Novels.

Kerstin Krüll

Hello Mr.Cornwell, I am in the middle of reading the Saxon series and am really enjoying them. I was wondering how many more books are you going to write with the series. Was Death of kings the last?

James Wixwat

I have really enjoyed reading your Saxon series about Uhtred and was wondering if there would be further adventures?

Evelyn Jupe

hi I live in the UK and first read your books while serving in Afghanistan; the saxon stories and have enjoyed reading them. I have just finished the death of kings. Is there another one to come if so when? I'm starting the arthur stories now. Thanks for the nites of reading while I was in Afghanistan, it made the tour go more quickly. Thanks again - look forward to more reads. Paul Stockton