Your Questions

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the Saxon series and read the last book almost a year ago. When is the next book in the series due out please?

Ian Brodie

Will there be a sixth or more in The Saxon Stories? Also loved Azincourt. Thank You. Kelly Daschuk

Hello Mr Cornwell I am very sorry to disturb you but I am a young fan and I have enjoyed and read most (if not all) your books and each has been a fantastic read and a true pleasure every single time I have read them. I was just wondering, however, if there is any news on a new Saxon stories book coming out soon? I have enjoyed this series thoroughly and hope that the next book in this fantastic chain is released sometime soon. Alex Wilson

when do you expect the next installment of the Saxon stories? How many books do you plan to write in this series? Brian

I just have one selfish question. I just finished reading The Burning Land and I can't wait to hear more from Uhtred. So I was wondering when the next book will be coming out? Thanks so much! Anna Marie

Will there be a follow up to the Burning Land? I do hope so as I look forward to them being published, thank you, Andy Branton.

I was Just Curious When Is the next installment of the Saxon Stories going to be released? I am waiting anxiously to read it
Ashli

Mr Cornwell, I am enjoying your new book, "The Fort." My question: as a long-established author, do you pay any attention to the reader reviews published on sites like amazon?
Kelly Quinn

In your last book of the Sharpe series, Sharpe's Devil, a young British Lieutenant asks Sharpe if he remembers his father, Captain Roland Hardacre. Captain Hardacre was with Sharpe at the same time in Salamanca and later died at San Sebastian. It was not clear if Sharpe was at San Sebastian or somewhere else at the time. My wife and I are just back from Pamplona where we ran with the bulls then spent a week in San Sebastian. It is the jewel of the Bahia di La Concha and Parte Vieja was a great spot to stay. It is hard to believe the city was razed and only a few houses, two they say, were left standing in 1813. Apparently Sharpe was busy at the Vitoria Campaign and the Invasion of France in 1813.....?
Henry Restarick

Hi Bernard, Two slightly personal questions which I'll understand if you do not wish to answer. 1. Does the isolation of being a writer bother you? How do you combat it?

2. By the same token, how do you prevent the outside world distracting you...i.e. the car that needs to be serviced, the dental appointment etc etc etc

3. Which leads to my final question. Of all your many talents are dedication and discipline the most important? Regards, Willie

Hi, As an avid reader of many of your books I found myself taking up archery as a sport, I do blame you for this in a good way. Anyway, we keep revisiting the same debate down at the club and I've not managed to make much headway at the library. I see many recent references to archers having their fingers cut off if caught by the French but no historical references. What I believed to be the origin of the two fingered salute, may not be so. So do you know of any record of this practice dating back over 100 years? or have any recommendation to where i could go looking for such a thing. Regards, Ashley

Mr. Cornwell, I just wanted to say I've thoroughly enjoyed your books, especially Agincourt, the Grail Quest series and the Saxon Stories. I'm currently "re-reading" Sword Song through an audio book and it brings back great memories and mental images of the first time I read it. I can't wait to get into The Burning Land. I've enjoyed the Grail Quest series since I also have a strong interest in traditional archery (I currently shoot a 55 lb recurve). I wondered if you think the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo is worth a trip if I ever get a chance to visit there? Also, is there anyplace in England that has an exhibit on traditional English yew bows? I've never seen one. Thanks again for writing such great books, Jim P.S. I noticed that your book liners list your residence as Cape Cod, where my family spends a week every summer (we live in Western New York). Seems like a great place to write.

I have read most of your work with enormous pleasure and thank you for a wonderful historical journey; but I have a question concerning the Saxon Stories. I do not think that Uhtred has visited Repton where the Great Army overwintered in 873/4 Is it not likely that he would have been visited? I was lucky enough to be of some assistance when Professor Martin Biddle conducted a major dig about 30 years ago and, as I am sure you are aware, an ossuary was discovered containing about 200 skeletons. I feel that Uhtred must have had a hand in it, somewhere. With Thanks and Kind Regards, Ben Bennett.

Dear MR Cornwell, My name is Ian Parkhouse and I'm from North Devon. I want to start by saying that I am a massive fan of your Saxon stories, they have introduced me into a part of our history that I think is fascinating. I'm currently working in Wellington, Somerset and finally went to see the Isle of Athelney a few weeks ago, and I have to admit I had a lump in my throat. You can still see the iron aged ditch, the graves and where the abbey once stood. I could not believe how important that hump in a field was to the making of England. The question I want to ask you is about your next Uhtred book. I feel that Devon and its people's influence during the Viking raids have been slightly overlooked. In the Pale Horseman you placed the battle of Cynuit at Cannington Hill, Somerset instead of the many other possible sights in Devon such as Pilton, Appledore or Cantisbury Hill. A local author Nick Arnold place's the battle at Castle Hill near Beaford, Devon. I have attached the website: http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Viking-battle-site-near-Beaford/article-333838-detail/article.html. As stated in the historical note in the Pale Horseman it was the men of Devon that won the victory, which Nick states as ranking in importance with the Battle of Britain. From what I've read about where the next book may be based it will be Devon, inparticularly North Devon.. Is there any truth in that? I'd like to think my ancestors witnessed Haestens attack on Devon as my family have been in Devon a very very long time. Thanks for your time, Ian

Dear Mr. Cornwell, will you be writing any books next set from English history?? Between king Arthur and Dick Sharpe is a big time interval :-) Thank You. With kind regards, John