Your Questions

Did I miss something between Sharpe's Prey and Sharpe's Rifles? What happened to Astrid and her father. Will that answer appear later on or have they been dismissed because her dad did not approve of Sharpe?
Kenneth D. Stephens

Dear Mr. Cornwell. It has been some time, and that time has been spent revisiting London. I saw for the first time Aspley House, Wellingtons official residence, and was severely shocked by the sheer lack of taste and style. A street vendor in Mombassa would have been shocked by the sheer lack of taste and style. This was so far away from my picture of the duke as a modest man with no taste for plush luxury, that I could hardly believe it. On the other hand, what a treat it was to dash into the nearest Waterstone and discover your Starbuck Chronicles for the first time. They are brilliant, and very different from most of your work, the themes being to grow up and emancipate from ones parents, what moral really is, how to reconsider Christianity in a modern and humane context, how poverty can almost be a disease etc. This little historian from Denmark was awed over the rich material you have mustered, how you master the mentality of the time etc. Well done, very well done indeed. Preben Christensen Kalundborg

Hello Mr. Cornwall, I am a really big fan of your books and wanted to know if there will be films about the saxon stories? regards, Oliver

First of all thank you so much for writing the Sharpe books! Without them i doubt that my English skills would be as good as they are now. I'm a big fan of all of your books and can't wait for 'The Fort'. I'm wondering if you're planning on writing even more Sharpe books and that if you plan on bring Captain Chase back who was in Sharpe's Trafalgar as him and Sharpe seemed to get along well? Also I must praise you on Sharpe's Siege but I want to know why you chose to kill of Hogan when he was for me one of the best characters.
David Jones

Hi. A while back there was a Sharpe story on TV which had Sharpe, Harper & Simmerson in India long after Waterloo. Did you write a book of this or was it simply written for TV?

Dennis Crawford

I have read all of the Saxon stories up to the burning land and was wondering when there will be a 6th book out,if u have a date i have missed please let me no. Thank you for your time. Jake

Is this the last book for the Saxon tales? Robert Jenson

I'm huge fan of the saxon tales or saxon stories and I was wondering if you had started the next book in the series after burning land? Kleist Adam

Dear Mr Cornwell I would like to say that I think the saxon series is brilliant but the time between each book is too long. When is the next one to be published? The waiting is unbearable. Dave Robson

I just finished "Burning Land". I love this series. Am I right to hope for another book? Karen Airulla

Will there be more of the saxon series? I'd hate to have a case of saxon interupptus, looks like there is great potential for more. Bill Powell

I know you will get Hundreds of these emails every day, but I would still like to say you have changed the way i think about books. As a teenager of 16 its unusual for me to be such an avid reader, your books have made me so and i would like to thank you for it. The Saxon stories have reawakened my interest in history and your wonderful characters have been almost a constant companion through out the past few years. This being so I would like to inquire about when you will be thinking about writing or indeed publishing the next book in the series, and will uthred ever retake his fortress by the sea.

John Devine

Hi Mr. Cornwell, Sorry to be 'that person', but I just have to ask: when will the next Saxon book be coming out? (at least I waited 8 months right?) :)

Kaitlyn

I just stumbled on RedCoat, long after you wrote it, but, a worthy find. I was disappointed that nothing more was written about Sam and Caroline. There were 5 more years before Yorktown, and they must have been up to something. And, though over 60, Sam must have had some thoughts about the war of 1812. Do you have any plans to revisit them?
Darcy Vernier

Mr Cornwell, I was first given Vagabond a few years ago by my parents, who were possibly attempting to divert my attention from Age of Empires. They are proud to say they succeeded, as I now have read almost all of your Sharpe books, all the Grail Quest books, and the first three of the Saxon stories, as well as Stonehenge. Unfortunately, living in New Zealand means it is harder to find books, especially as they seem to be released here months later than overseas. I just wanted to say that I am a fan, but I also have some questions. Firstly, why the references to Saint Cuthbert in many of your novels? A macro look at your story lines could be done in one novel, yet you are able to span the ideas and story over 3 or more using depth of characters and detail. How much research do you have to do per book series? Regards, Will Lovell

Dear Mr Cornwell, Just to let you know first off that you are by far my favourite author! I am currently considering writing a book written in the Gettysburg era of 1863, I was wondering if you knew any decent books that would be useful for in depth research? You can probably tell that I am Starbuck fan, but I will not bother you with the question you get most the time! Taking into account I once asked it myself! It must get annoying! Instead, I wish to thank you for creating such fantastic books, it help influence me into the world of reading, and now is helping me into the world of writing! Good luck with future work!
Alex Bowers

In Sharpe's Prey he loses his lock picks on the beach, but I know he has them in later adventures from other novels I've read, so I was expecting him to return to the beach near Koge and find the forty-two thousand pound sterling buried by the dragoons and his lock picks, but the resolution ties up the lose ends at the townhouse in Copenhagen without a reunion with the lock picks. Not a real serious problem. How does he eventually recover the lock picks?

DTS