Your Questions

I have read almost all of your Sharpe series and am nearing the end. I will be sad to see the series end. I was wondering if you could extend the characters into civilian life... You do your research so well on the battlefield, perhaps you could research famous murders/crimes of the period and have Sharpe with Harper as an assistant set up a detective agency of a sort. Your attention to period detail would be welcome to loyal readers and extend the life of Richard Sharpe and Harper (and company) so that we can continue to enjoy his exploits. A loyal reader of all your books Jim Broadbent

Dear Mr. Cornwell, Are you planning a book tour of the US any time soon? If so, might I suggest adding a date in Charleston, SC? It's a lovely city with plenty of history you might find interesting.

Also I wanted to say how much I love your work. I don't want to bombard you with requests or ideas, but I have to ask if you've ever considered writing about Minden, Blenheim, or even Dettingen?

Or have you thought about another book from the Napoleonic Era from a Frenchman's point of view?

Can you recommend any more historical fiction novels that cover Napoleon's other campaigns? I apologize for all the questions again. Thanks for your time. -Matt

I have read all your books and enjoyed every one. I also wargame the Napoleonic period and have been researching the Battle of Barrosa 1811, which is the background to your novel Sharpe's Fury. It really does match most of the accounts I read. But there is one thing that I am having a problem with, which is the village of Barrosa? You mention it within the novel and at the end in the Historical Note. However, I could find no trace of the village in the accounts I read or on any maps. I even contacted the Spanish Tourist Board who only mentioned a beach called La Barrosa. I know there were several villages in the area and some ruined watchtowers with the name, one on the hill and another on the beach, but I have still been unable to find anything relating to a village bearing that name. I know the novel was written some time ago but I wondered if you had any details or information that shows or mentions the village? I have no problem if you have called a village that name for the sake of the narrative, but I am really puzzled as to why I can't find it? I did wonder if it might be a village built after the Napoleonic Wars? I'll appreciate any help and advice you can offer. Thank you.

John Walsh

Mr Cornwell I'm a huge fan of your Arthur books, and love investigating the areas/locales you describe. One area I'd love to know a little more about is the scene of the battle of Lugg Vale. I understand the River Lugg runs from Powys through Hertfordshire, but am interested where the battle took place. Many thanks for your time. Dean Little

Probably as one of your younger readers, I have just finished Agincourt (or Azincourt?) and once again have been stunned at the great quality of your work. In the past year, I have read the Grail Quest series and then dove straight into the Arthur books. I tend to drift more towards your books about the middle ages and the great battles of England and France, is there a chance that there might be more of these in the future? Thanks for the many hours of splendid reading and more to come as I start the Saxon stories! Chris Dieter

Just a word from a real Sharp, love your work!!!!when will we know what happened to Starbuck and Sharpe's son?

Hank Sharp

A Happy New Year to you Mr. Cornwell, I am studying English Literature and History at Göttingen University (Lower Saxony, Germany) and lately do work on Old and Middle English Texts. Well I have not decided to study my subjects because of your novels, but they have definitely helped me through some really boring Chaucer or Beda moments. Currently I am deciding on a theme for a termpaper. Lately I already did an essay on "The Alliterative Morte Arthur" and got aware of some similarities between the world of that and your Arthur. Both are "a little" more realistic in my eyes, though yours is noble and his corrupt but that's not the point. Before I start working on this termpaper, I would like to ask you if you got inspired by this novel in one or the other way. To end I would like to express my respect for your way of writing and my hope that you will find time to write a lot of more books in the next years. In any case thank you very much! Heiko Teigelkötter

Hi once again, Mr. Cornwell. You have said you would someday like to write on the Tudors, particularly Elizabeth I. Should we look forward to another extended series like Uhtred? Or is it more likely to be a trilogy or a one-shot book? Also, is your interest in following Drake as he raids the Spaniards, culminating in the defeat of the Armada? Or perhaps the border wars with Scotland, such as the battle of Flodden? Or do you want to slog through Irish bogs with Essex in pursuit of the Earl of Tyrone? Alan Kempner

I've read all the Uhtred-books, and was reading an article about the norwegian king Håkon den Gode Adalsteinsfostre (Hákon góði, Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri) and was suddenly thinking about the Uhtred-books. As far as I remember there was a relative of Uhtred called Aethelstan? And was there any mention about (the king to be) Håkon in the books? Æðelst’n,modern english: Athelstan) 893-939 ? I'm a big fan, although the last book didn't meet my expectations, sorry to say...

Hakon

Love all your books and I think have read them all even owning copies of the boat books Stormchild etc. In fact have loaned out the Grail Quest series half a dozen times to guys I work with. Have you ever visited the Fort Anne National Historic site? Its in Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia. Really well preserved old earthworks star fort there. My wife and I visited a couple years back, the local historical society does a bang up job with a night graveyard tour as well. Worth a quick browse on the internet if nothing else. Keep up the good work and I eagerly anticipate the next Saxon book. Please don't publish it in the UK first though, as in the past you've cost me some shipping fees ordering books from overseas since I couldn't bring myself to wait for the US publication!

Jon Roda