Your Questions

Good afternoon Mister Cornwell, My name is Tiago and I am a Brazilian fan. I really like your books that I decided to improve my English to be able to enjoy them in the original language, and without having to wait so long to translate into Portuguese. I wonder if is possible give us a gift a book in the period of the Opium War against China. A big hug

Mr Cornwell: Thank you for all your books, many of which I have read and plan on reading them all. Especially, the Sharpe novels. I first met Sharpe in the TV series with Sean Bean which I thought was well done, but the books are so much better, each character being fleshed out more! Recently, I found a store where I live that sells soft cover books at reasonable prices and to my surprise have thus far found 4 or5 of the Sharpe series. Of course, they are not in chronological order, but each stands alone as a darn good yarn. The one I just finished moments ago was Sharpe's Trafalgar! I was so happy that Ensign Sharpe found a great love with Lady Grace and that she became pregnant with his child. I feel that I know what sex the child will be and it's name....which I won't say here. I cannot help but wonder though...is this a lasting love? Will we read more of Richard and Lady Grace? I certainly hope so for it gives Sharpe a higher degree of reality. After all, he certainly deserves love and happiness! Thank you again. To be able to put such stories to print is like magic!! Don W. Diminie, Ue Ontario, Canada

Hi, can you tell me please what made you decide to include my village Leaden Roding in your Arthur stories?

Steven Stannard

Dear Bernard Cornwell To say I am a fan is an understatement. I am a HUGE fan, and as such I think a lot about the characters. Richard Sharpe, Derfel Cadarn, Thomas of Hookton and Uhtred Uhtredson. If the four of them were to meet with nothing but their swords, who would come out on top? Also as a fan I think it would be an idea to create a story where all of these characters encounter each other?

Tom Lawrence

Will you be touring America for your new book, Death of Kings? If so, will you be visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas?

Ty Muse

Mr. Cornwell, I was wondering what word Uhtred would use when referring to a ship's gunwale, since artillery had yet to exist in his day? Thanks.

Jordan

Hello Mr Cornwell...I am obsessed with your saxon books and also the warlord trilogy...especially the latter...one thing in particular I'm curious to know more about...in 'the winter king' it spoke of a time when people called it the 'Bad Time' when Merlin came back from the north mad and weeping...I'm dying to know what happened to him! I know I said throughout the 3 books that Merlin had suffered the 3wounds and I suspect it had something to do with that...but id love to know more...

Jorge Irwin

G'day Firstly thanks for the Sharpe series. Discovered them a couple of years ago and just order the final 2 that I need to read - not in order though.... 2 questions - as a medal collector have you ever worked out the medals that Sharpe would have been entitled to? - and 2, you have awakened in me a real interest in the peninsular war and Waterloo, can you point me towards the best books for discovering more about them. I know you mention a few at the end of some of the books.. Thanks

Russell Cameron

Dear Bernard, Please tell me if you get bored with my constant questions, it's just I'm highly interested in your wonderful historical fiction as a whole now. I've finished Sharpe's Tiger now, wow, another awesome read. But what I'd like to know this time, is in regards to any author's writing of fiction with regards to history, do you feel there are any particular periods of history that have been woefully underused or written about? And if so, why? I am asking because I'm looking to start writing a history tale of some sort, due to reading your superb books, and it's truly whetted my appetite for history now and I wish to start studying and I just wondered whether there are any particular historical events that have intrigued you that as yet you've not written about in some way or the other? Doubtless to say it will take a while to get an idea for a novel, but I've always found that asking people to give me a little inspiration has always been of great help to me, as I seem to find it easier writing a tale when others have had some input into it.

Matthew Rabjohns

Hi Bernard I have just read your Stonehenge book for the 3rd time. It was as good as the 1st time i read it, and my question is how do you manage to write books that stay as good as they are, each time that we read them? A Stockwell

my dad also has a question for you and he wants to know how would you feel about having one of your books turned into a game (on pc)? and which one would it be?