Your Questions

Hello Mr. Cornwell. my English is not very good, but i try it. I like your books, please tell me, what for a book you write momentary. What Book come after the "Death of Kings" Had you ever wrote about the battle of Gettysburg? I hope of many book in future and best wishes to you Götz Hilliger Götz Hilliger

Mr. Cornwell, I am just about to start re reading the Sharpe series for the second time. They are easily my favourite works of fiction, by a long way. I suppose you bored with people asking this but do you intend writing any more Sharpe Novels at any stage in the future?

David Logan

Dear Mr Cornwell, I wish to thank you for the many hours of pleasure that reading your books has given me. I love your attention to detail, and because of that, I can almost smell the smells and hear the sounds and visualise what it would be like to stand in a shield wall or to form square. Long may your prose continue. On the subject of Sharpe's father, although it has never bothered me until I read some other comments, could it possibly be his arch nemesis, Obadiah Hakeswill? Anyway thank you for all your good work, the only criticism I have and I am in no way qualified to do so, is that I did find the fort somewhat hard going. Apart from that, thanks again and long may you continue

David Bell

Hello again Mr Cornwell! Been looking at some Yankee Civil War stats, and it seems to me that the North lost a lot more men than the south (something like 1/3 more from what I saw). My pa, whose a bit of a historian, reckons it's coz the North could afford to lose more men than the South and so used tactics that cost more men. Could you shed any light on this? Very much looking forward to reading the entire Uhtred series when you finish them, the last one was awesome! Obliged as ever Owe Phillips

hallo. In Italy the last book available ( in italian language ) of Sharpe, was Sharpe's Gold,two years ago. How many time we'll have to wait for another? Please, tell to your italian publisher to wake up. With kind regards Gianni Rizzi

You're a great pen and have a great imagination, but when you decide to let us finish reading the series dedicated to Richard Sharpe in Italy in Italian?. saluti Raffaele Treccioni by Florence - Italy

I'd like to say I find your 'Saxon Stories' a very good read. My favourite one is probably sword song. But I have a question to ask, will you be releasing another after death of kings? I just recently finished reading it, ( a good book, but I felt there wasn't enough fighting in it, still good though) and I felt that can't be the end of the series, will you be releasing books in the future which tell of Uhtred's battle to take back Bebbenburg? Or is death of kings the end ? A avid fan James

Hi Bernard, I need to do some research on Napoleon's Imperial Old Guard. Could you recommend any source material which offers an insight into a Guardsman's lifestyle, duties, battle citations, etc? I've looked at some fantastic articles on wikipedia relating to Napoleon's Imperial Guard. I never realized this honour included Grenadiers, Chasseurs, Cavalry, Artillery, etc! However, I may be interested in more than Thanks for your time, Best Regards, RD.

Congratulations, Mr Cornwell! I have just finished the long awaited "Death of Kings", and I think that in Uhtred you have created the hero character that all wee boys (and possibly grown men) secretly believe that they were in a past life! And your bringing to life of history is awesome. Do you think there is any possibility of a book about the Scottish Wars of Independence period, preferably with a Scots hero? Best possible regards, Stevie Meldrum.

Dear Sir, with great interest, I read "The Fort". You forward, though, the idea that the green uniforms of the later British rifle formations might come from the green uniforms of the US Marines J. Moore encountered at Penobscot. Isn't it rather inherited from the German (e. g., Hesse or Ansbach) Jäger units fighting in British pay in North America (e. g., the later Prussian Field Marshal von Gneisenau, Blücher's Chief of Staff during the Waterloo campaign, and instrumental in the Prussians arriving in time, served with the Ansbach Jäger Corps in north America)? Was Moore instrumental in choosing green, at all? I think, the Hesse Jäger even had a written manual, of course in German. By the way, perhaps you look up on Wikipedia "Johann Gottfried Seume". He was a German writer and poet who served with the Hesse Jäger Battalion in North America, and later became a commissioned (Russian) officer promoted from the ranks. Sincerely, yours D. Rottgardt

Well you sucked me into the Sharpe's father riddle - so I will just make one guess and give up. My thoughts go to whomever might couple with a prostitute in 1776 (around October). So I will say John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich. Thanks for the Sharpe series, in my opinion it is second only to Patrick O'Brien for originality and historic accuracy. I know I learned more about the Battle of Waterloo from your book than several texts on the subject.

Jerry Desmond