Your Questions

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

When will the Arthur books be available on kindle or iPad?

Chuck Musgrave

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

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

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

Dear Mr Cornwell I am a huge fan of your Saxon Tales books, Azincourt, etc. However I have yet to read your sharp books. Have you ever heard of the Brigand Mammone from that era. If you have the opportunity to Google "the Brigand Mammone" and read some of the history you might find this Italian resistance fighter against the French interesting. Bill Mammone

Hello Mr.Cornwell. I was wondering if you could answer a question for me..... How far do you plan to take the saxon chronicles? i dont mean in terms of how many books but more like a timeline? I know u dont have a plan but surely u must have thought about it at some point because it states in the books that Uhtred is getting old now and sleeps with his sword for fear of dying.... well i was just wondering would the chronicles carry on past the death of Uhtred? possibly with another hero/heroine? or maybe would u start a new series of books? also i would like to know if there was any possibility of maybe giving a background to Ragnar the elder/ Ragnar the younger maybe in short stories? Ragnar the younger fought in Ireland for much of the first and second book (if I'm not mistaken?) so it would be a good read for an aeroplane trip to read a short story about some of those battles? P.S I am a huge fan of yours you really capture the imagination especially of a young boy like me and i hope you keep writing Books (especially saxon stories) until the sky falls down.... Yours sincerely Cal Staines.

Hello Mr Cornwell, I love your books and my favorites are the saxon stories. I was wondering when "Death of kings" will be published and for sale in Canada? thank you for your time Sincerely Branden

Did you ever consider doing a story based on the ulster cycles?

Eddie Mohan

Hi Mr. Cornwell. I´m Portuguese, 33 years old, and i began to read your books with the saxon stories. Love it so much i led my girlfriend to read them as well...and she almost became in love with Uhtred... I work in law, but i´m finishing an History degree because i do love History. And reading your books, above all, has taught me a lot, about celtics, britans, saxons, danish, etc...in addition, of course, to the pleasure they gave me. Well, i wouldn´t like to repeat any of the questions that were already made, but i also think it becomes inevitable. First, as an History lover, have you ever thought about writing stories in the age of, for example, Henry II (saw "the lion winter" a few months ago), the battle of Hastings or the civil war between the parliament and Charles II? Just curious...

Second, have you ever been proposed to adapt the saxon stories or the warlord stories to Television? Although I'm skeptical to these sort of adaptations ("The pillars of the earth" has disappointed me), i think they would became great TV series...

Third, have you ever been in Portugal signing books? Would that be a pleasant idea? P.S. 1 - Don´t know if you´re aware, but some of your books were part of the reading national plan. I was glad... P.S. 2 - I´m reading now an historical novel about the Portuguese "revolution" of 1383-1385, one of the first military "collaborations" between Portugal and England, which would became a formal alliance on 1387. The deceptions would happen later... Sincere compliments and a fraternal hug from one of your Portuguese readers, Vasco Cipriano