Your Questions

Good day Mr. Cornwell, First off, thank you greatly for your stories. As a sales manager and no stranger to the frustrations of air travel, I'm pretty sure Uhtred and Hook have preserved my sanity. Given the success of the Sharpe series in film, and the recent adaptation of "the Pillars of the Earth" into a mini-series event (Ken Follett is good by the way, but I like your style better), are there any plans to develop Agincourt into a series or motion picture? Just seems well suited to it and I want to save my place in line.
Troy Pridgeon

Just read an article that said director Michael Mann is thinking about making a movie version on Agincourt. Are you involved at all? I would love to see this on the big screen. Hopefully if this happens, we'll see more of your books at the theatre! Jonathan Mullins

My Cornwell, firstly I would like to thank you for visiting Oxford in your latest tour as it gave me the opportunity to meet the man whose books have given my countless hours of pleasure. I hope your visit to my home town was as enjoyable for you as my honeymoon on Cape Cod was for my wife and I. As for a question, as someone who seems to have an almost endless supply of ideas, how do you decided what to write next? Especially as you have so many series that you keep adding to. Very many thanks for your time, Stuart.

Mr Cornwell 'I don't believe it' as victor meldrew would say I've just read that the saxon book 6 is on hold till 2011. how disappointing and frustrating, I've made myself read sword song and the burning land to re-familiarise with the plot and minor characters, only to hear this disturbing news!!!!! please tell me why you have decided to write a completely different set of books when we humble fans are eagerly awaiting your already much loved series? Mrs. S Andrews

Hi, I just wanted to say thank-you for getting me back into reading for pleasure. As a newly-qualified English teacher I have a lot of work-related reading to do, and I had stopped reading for my own enjoyment. And then I picked up Harlequin, and I was utterly hooked. I have now read the entire Grail Quest series, and Azincourt, and have just ordered the first Starbuck novel online. So thank-you for getting me back into reading for my own pleasure! Also - will you ever do a book on the battle of Hastings?

Karl Adamson

Sir I have been researching my family name for many years now ,not so much from a family but historical point of view. Naturally whenever I come across it I am curious as to why the author chose that particular name.So I would be interested to know why you decided on The Starbuck Chronicles.

Tom Starbuck

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I'm currently writing a short story that takes place approximately ~30 years prior and 15 years after the Battle of Crecy in 1346. I was hoping that you would be able to share a good book/site or anything that has a list of different insignias that would've been worn on the tabards of soldiers during that time from the various Earls or others that would've had their men being lead under the King of England during that time. -Thanks

Pearce L.

Dear Mr. Cornwell Can you say me when the book " The burning land" will be traducted in french, please ? Thank you for all your work. I apreciated all your books very much

Stefani

I am writing to you on behalf of my father in law. He has just published a book which I think could give you some Ideas/Inspiration. He is a family historian who has uncovered an amazing tale of one of his ancestors. In brief this thoroughly researched historical document details the life story of a Royalist officer (Sir Thomas Pulden) who fought in the civil war playing an active role at the siege of Pontefract castle, subsequently became a spy for the king in Holland and later died almost penniless after attempting to reclaim the land between lindesfarne Island and the mainland (an area gifted to him by the king for his loyalty during the civil war). Kind Regards Roland

Hi Mr Cornwell. It was great to see you in Manchester recently and thank you for signing my book, The Fort. Your original title for The Fort was Captivate, Kill or Destroy which I thought was rather good and fitted in nicely with the theme of the book. Does this "annoy" you when your publisher decides to change a title that was obviously your personal preference and do you get the chance to argue your case? Great story by the way. Regards, Tony

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have just finished the Saxon stories, perhaps some of the best novels I have ever read, and recently picked up a copy of Agincourt, however i have been wondering for some time now, have you ever considered writing a novel on a modern/modernish conflict? such as world war 1,2,Vietnam, or the current war in Iraq?

Thomas Buckley