Completely shooting from the hip with this... Is General Hill Sharpe's "daddy"? James Trethowan
Good shooting from the hip, but you missed the target. Sorry.
Dear Mr Cornwell, I am a massive fan of your Arthur and Saxon stories, and the biggest question that springs to my mind concerning the novels is: in a fight between Derfel and Uhtred, who would win? I've had arguments with friends about this and we have decided that it is too close to call. Could you shed some light on this for me please? Thanks, Duncan
No idea! A draw.
hello, My name is Daniel Evans. I stumbled across the grail quest after reading Sharpe. I have heard that you are planning a further Thomas Of Hookton novel, and was wondering what it would cover, eg what battle, time period etc. many thanks for writing these books and consequently becoming my favourite author, Daniel Evans
(P.s is Sharpe's father an unintroduced character, or an already introduced character?)
Well I hope he gets to fight at Poitiers . . . . that's where he's headed right now, but seems to be taking some detours on the way.
Unintroduced . . . there, a clue.
Many of the comments I might make or questions I could ask are here already (some many times over) and I love to read through them when I visit your website. I will add my weight to a frequent request and ask a question. Request: Please, please, finish Starbuck! Question: I'm currently most of the way through The Fort and can't shake the "leftenant" or "lootenant" question. When writing the book have you intended that it's "Left" for the British officers and "Loot" for the Americans? Should it in fact be "Left" for both, because the American armies would have been recent offshoots of the British Army. You even refer to the fact that the American officer's commissions came from the King! Surely His Majesty would have commissioned a "Leftenant" not a "Lootenant".. Needless to say I love all of your work and long may you continue. With thanks. Pete Austin
It's a matter of pronunciation rather than spelling - so American Lootenants have all been Lieutenants since the beginning. I don't know how far US pronunciation had departed from British by the revolution - I was interested that the PBS series on John Adams gave most of the Founding Fathers British accents (and maybe they were right to do so), and I'm afraid I have no idea when the pronunciation 'loot' emerged in the US, sorry!
When will the Arthur books be available on kindle or iPad?
Chuck Musgrave
The books are available on Kindle in the UK; my agent is working on making them available in the US as well.
Hello! I can't tell you how excited I am to finally see more information in the next installation of the Saxon Stories! I'm dizzy with anticipation waiting to see what Uhtred is presented with next! But I've noticed you've listed release dates for UK/US. I live in Australia. My friends and I are wondering which release date applies to us? I'll be ordering it from the UK if it's not until January because I simply cannot wait that long. Thanks in advance! Regards, Andy
hey I'm just wondering what the release date for the new saxon book in Australia will be? I'm desperately waiting and it's killing me to think I might have to wait till January.
Jeremy Fields
The UK release date applies to you. You should see the book Death of Kings in Australia on 1 October 2011.
I am writing a vampire/legends novel with which I want to incorporate a CD of songs that have inspired me whilst I have been writing and some of these songs are "relevant" (lyric-wise/emotionally) to the story. This CD can be played at designated points throughout the novel. What do you think of this idea?
Alyson
I think it's fine if you can make it work - I think John Connolly did something similar with one of his books. It's an idea that might work much better with an e-book?
Dear Bernard, My usual question and that of thousands of your loyal readers; Starbuck when? I am not getting any younger and I don't think Waterstones have any outlets in either heaven or hell. If not the answer a lot of us want to hear, what will be next. Kind regards, Lee
Sorry, Starbuck is not next. The book I'm writing now is Thomas of Hookton.
Have you ever considered writing a novel about the War of 1812? Of all the authors I've read, I feel that you'd be the most suited for that particular subject. Thanks for your time.
Peter Gates
I have researched bits and pieces of the War of 1812, but right now it's not high on my list,
Hi Mr. Cornwell, I hope you're well? I was wondering have you seen the latest Sharpe TV episode (Sharpe's Peril) and wondered how you felt about the introduction of Hakeswill's son and how in the end he was the complete opposite to his father? Also I noticed from that Episode that Sharpe still feels a lot of anger over what Hakeswill did to Teresa and the way it played out I felt Sharpe still feels Teresa was the one and only true, TRUE love for him. Do you agree? or does this differ for you as Lucile never died in the books?
Also have you ever thought about writing a book that isn't Historical Fiction/Adventure? say like a thriller or something? Hope you keep well and keep writing (We all need your fantastic stories!!) thanks Rob.
I like whatever the TV producers choose to do! I distanced myself from the scriptwriting, and indeed any hands-on involvement with the TV production, and cast myself merely as a supporter and cheerleader. So I'm happy! As for Sharpe's one-and-only? He'd tell you Lucille!
I did write some thrillers - click on the link for the books in the box to your right.