Your Questions

Dear Mr Cornwell First of all i would like to compliment you on your books, especially the Saxon stories. I,m a really big reader and i must say that Uhtred is one of my favourite characters ( the other one is Jack Aubrey). What i would like to ask is if there is a chance the books will get translated in Dutch. Not that i cant read English, but its always easier reading in your native language. Also i would like to ask if you are ever going to write a book about the Roman occupation in England, that's a subject i really would like to read about. Thank you for your time. Kind regards from Holland Jeroen

Dear Mr. Cornwell: You are my favorite author and I have read your historical works several times each now. The Sharpe series on PBS was my introduction to you. The Sharpe series is my favorite and Some fiend has provoked me to madness and I have decided, poor me, to collect musketballs from all of the historical battles in which Sharpe participates. To this end I ask if you have decided which campaigns in Flanders Sharpe participated? In 1793-1794 he would be 17 and in 1799 he is in India.. Thanks and Blessed Be, James RR

Please can you tell me are you coming to U.K this year,for a book signing? and if so when?

Stella Noble

Dear Mr Cornwell, Are you doing any booksigning events on 29th September when "Death of Kings" is released in the UK? Are you doing any talks or lectures during your visit to the UK? Where can I find out about them, please? Mrs D Collard

Hello Bernard. I started to read the winter´s king, so much emotions there. I would love to visit your sacred land and to be honest, the sacred land of the planet, universe England. What celtic book you recommend me ? Thanks.

Rafael

Just finished Stonehenge. Enjoyed the development pictures. Would like to have had a map showing the locations of the outland villages and route the bluestones took to Stonehenge. Also, knowing Lengar's deceitful track record, why would Kevelin not be on his guard and be so trusting and so allow the ambush after the stones were delivered?

Ed Zingone

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I hope you're well! I am writing to say how much I am enjoying the Richard Sharpe novels and how much I admire you as an author because you have been true to your characters. It is for precisely this reason that I believe I'm finding it very difficult, if not painful, to read "Sharpe's Revenge." I have come to really love that character and man, it is so difficult to read about how the army, love, and peacetime, have all roundly betrayed him. It was odd. As I was reading "Sharpe's Regiment" where he found Jane, I actually seemed puzzled. This was Richard Sharpe after all and it seemed odd that he would find true happiness in marriage because of the character. Well, you could have given Richard and Jane a "happily ever after" and have Sharpe retire a wealthy man in the Dorset countryside, but you knew that just wouldn't be right. I am very curious about one thing, as an aspiring writer, just how difficult was it to "stay true" to Richard Sharpe's character? Was it painful to put Sharpe through all of that? Thank you for the series! I'm looking forward to reading the Arthur books next! Take care, Matthew Mallio I am in the middle of :Sharpe's Revenge"

Dear Bernard, You mention that you're writing another Thomas of Hookton novel may I ask is it Poitiers ie the novel that you said you got part way through then stopped last time??

Also as there was a scottish force at Poitiers under Douglas how large was the force and was it the same Douglas from Vagabond?

Strangley enough with recent elections over here and the victory of the SNP in Scotland there is talk of the possibility of the break up of the United Kingdom and the end of the Union. I was curious what your view is ie do you think it will be a good or bad thing for England?

Now in virtually all your books the real life battle its set around is often a victory. I wonder if you would ever consider (careful choice of words here) write about a defeat. Some that spring to mind are the Siege of Burgos Wellington (and Sharpes too from Sharpes Enemy) one and only real defeat in Spain or Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans and Patay in the Hundered Years war. While Starbuck has Malvern Hill and Gettysburg to think about. Yours sincerely Geraint

P.S I can reccomend Prince Rupert the last Cavalier by Charles Spencer as a book worth reading on a very varied career to say the least and The Noble Revolt by John Adamson an excellent book on the background/build up to the English Civil war.

Dear Mr Cornwell Thank you for some great reads, I am a big fan of Uhtred and Sharpe. I have some questions about libraries, firstly as an author do you receive any recon pence for people such as my self borrowing your books? Secondly I use an Essex library card, some of your books are under adventure section and some in the historical fiction section this can be confusing but do you feel your books are as much adventure story’s as historical fiction? Chris Hall

Hello Bernard- Thank you so much for your excellent work! Since your interview with Hugh Hewitt last year, I have careened through your Saxon Stories, the Arthur Books as well as The Fort and Azincourt and I am now beginning your Archer's Tale. One thing that I have come to depend on are your maps and summary of characters. However, I am now migrating from your hard copies to a Kindle and I don't see the maps or characters listed in the electronic copy. Do you have this information posted anywhere else? Thanks again for everything! Larry

hi Mr Cornwell I'm a a massive fan of your Sharpe books and have currently almost finished with Sharpe's Trafalgar again having finished Waterloo I have read that you are reluctant to take Sharpe back in time again however are we likely to see captain Joel chase and co again in the future books? many thanks.

Gareth Brookes