Hi Mr. Cornwell, is it possible that you will come to Germany for a "reading tour"? I am convinced that there would be thousands of your fans to see you! best regards Bastian R.
Thank you! Maybe one day...
Dear Bernard, Wow! I cant believe that I took so long to grab hold of the Sharpe books! Ive only done so recently and I have read two (Triumph and Rifles) and have just finished Chapter One of Havoc and already that heartbreaking bridge collapse scene has me well and truly hooked and thinking about the sheer horrible truths of war. Just wanted to ask a question, Ive seen some people who have labelled your work "historically biased" and some even say you must hate the French! I hope I am right in saying any views of characters in your books are just those of your characters and not yours personally, for you do not seem to be the kind of man to hate for no reason! It was just I found some of the remarks offensive and they weren't even about me! I take it to be just characteristic views of what many an Englishman would have felt for any of Napoleon's army back in those long and bloody wars. Am I right? Keep on writing these books and I hope it isn't too long until another new Sharpie lad! Thanks Mr Cornwell, from Matt Rabjohns
I guess it depends what view is being expressed! As characters express lots of views, many of them contradictory, some are bound to coincide with mine. Do I hate the french/ No! Do I think Napoleon was a vile warmonger and needed to be stopped? Yes. But really, I'm not responsible (no?) for my character's opinions!
Mr Cornwell, I have a question regarding Sharpe's Tiger, in this book Sharpe gets flogged against an A frame made of sergeant's halberds however in other books you describe Sharpe's flogging as being against an overturned wagon. I was just wondering if there was any reason for this change? is the former more historically accurate?
Daniel Sutton
I think it totally depended on what was available! Sometimes an A-frame was constructed, sometimes it was a makeshift 'scaffold'. I think they're both historically viable.
Dear Mr.Cornwell. Have just finished reading DEATH OF KINGS which has left me wanting to know more about our Saxon ancestry. However, my first love is still the Sharpe series - will there be another novel in the foreseeable future?
Rob Cottrell
There will be more Sharpe, but when? . . . . I just don't know right now.
Hello Mr. Cornwell. Thank you for another great read in Death of Kings. I frequent your site and have certainly noticed that many of your readers (myself included!) are clamoring for more Uhtred, or more Sharpe, or more Thomas, or more Starbuck, or more of all of the above. I noticed from your bibliography that as recently as a few years ago, you published multiple novels per year. With so much interest in your various works, are you the least bit tempted to go back to such a release schedule? Of course, I'm afraid with even the most diligent of effort, we'll always read them faster than you can write them.... Thanks again for your wonderful stories. Best regards, Shawn
I wouldn't mind going back to two books a year . . .I sometimes wish I were still doing that, but the trouble is that I fell among actors and for the last five years I've spent my summer on stage at the Monomoy Theatre, making an idiot of myself, and this year, for instance, I was at the theatre, either rehearsing or performing, every day between June 7th and August 28th, which left no time for writing. So it's a choice - acting or writing? And right now I do like my summer idiocy, so I'm afraid it's still one book a year. Sorry
would you consider a series of starbuck goes west?
Gene Kite
Dear Mr Cornwell, Firstly, many, many thanks for giving me so many hours of pure reading joy; not since discovering Dickens as a young man have I enjoyed one person's writing so much. I have read so much of what you have written and love it all, especially the Saxon stories, but above all, the Starbuck Chronicles. So ... to my complaint! You simply cannot leave Starbuck where he is - can you? As a Brit with a long abiding passion for the American Civil War, I long to know what he did after Antietam and then after 1865. It's been 15 years since vol IV and you have written so much since then, surely you could now put us all out of our misery? There are many of us out here holding similar views and some of us don't have a great deal of time left! With the greatest respect and many thanks again, yours very sincerely, Roger Sillence
Dear Bernard On a previously asked question dated 7th Nov 2001 on whether you will be writing any further stories on the starbuck chronicles how long do you anticipate to have a new book out on this it's nearly 2012 and we are desperate to know how the series will continue Kind regards
Leigh
I think he'll probably stay in the east . . . I know a lot of folk would like to see him leave Lee's army, but that, I think, is where the greater drama is so he'll stay there.
Hi Mr. Cornwell. I miss Sharpe! I know it will be a few years before we see another novel in his saga, and that right now, you are working on Thomas of Hookton at Poitiers. If you are able to finish the latter on schedule, might I request that you bring out another Sharpe short story to tide us over? Alan Kempner
Good suggestion - let me finish this book I'm working on first! Thank you!
Hi Mr Cornwell. I have been an avid fan of your work for some time. My all time favourite series is the Saxon stories with Uhtred being the best literary character I have ever read. I love the way you depicted him. You brought early England alive in those stories for me. Anyway, I would like to ask you if you have been approached about making a series of movies using the Uhtred stories? If so, I am definitely buying the DVD set. Thank you for reading this. Luke Scott
No movie plans, sorry!
Hello Mr Cornwell, I have just finished reading the latest Saxon Story, and loved it. Such a page-turner, and nobody can write battle scenes as well as you. It kept me from the tedium of preparing my dissertation, and for that, I thank you! Permit me for being cheeky, but I am just wondering who will be older by the time we actually get to the Battle of Brunanburh... You or Uhtred? Hopefully, you'll be able to lift a pen, and 80 (?!?!) year-old Uhtred can still lift Serpent-Breath! His fate in an earlier book may have escaped my attention, but I was wondering what happened to Fr Prylig? Also, slightly topical at the moment, but have you read any of a Song of Fire and Ice? I have always thought that Bronn would get along very well with Uhtred, Derfel and probably Sharpe too!
Dave Breeze
Uhtred has a son - two sons! One of them might (might, I'm not sure) take over . . . . and you're right about Bronn!
Goodday Bernard, Are you coming to Australia any time soon? I live in Brisbane Queensland and would like to meet you, not many overseas authors come to the land of downunder it must be too far to come. Anyway I do like all your books and I did like how you connected Sharpe to the Starbuck Chronicles very nicely done. Hope to meet you one day. All the best Simon Doonar
Sorry, no plans for a trip to Australia any time soon I'm afraid.