Your Questions

Dear Mr Cornwell, I have been a big fan of your books for many years. First picking up my dads copy of The Winter King and quickly progressing from the Warlord Chronicles to his Starbuck Chronicles. The best thing I love about your books is that they are so re-readable. My Winter King trilogy I regret to tell you is in a poor state of repair due to the amount of times they have been read, over the years. I would love to meet you however I live in North Wales and am unable to make the 5 hour drive South to meet you in Dorset but I wish you the very best for the evening. Do you think you may do any talks further North in the future? Also as an idea for your next series and your excellence in writing historical books how about a Welsh v.s English tale from Llwellyn the Great's days? By a combination of war and diplomacy he dominated Wales for forty years, and was one of only two Welsh rulers to be called 'the Great'. Any way I look forward to your future books. Best Regards Eleanor (P.S) I love the way my name crops up in your books :o)

Bernard Firstly I would like to thank you for all the books which have given me so much pleasure over the years, and in particular for opening my eyes to the achievements of Wellington's army. In other (naval)books covering that era the army is often portrayed as bumbling idiots led by upper class twits. I would also like to thank you for this web site and the effort that you obviously put into it. So many other sites are months sometimes years out of date. A quick question if I may, do you know why some eras appeal to you when others do not eg the Crimea. Is it the location,the politics of the time, the characters, or just what takes your fancy? thanks again Steve

Hi, have not ready any of your books yet but am very interested in the great siege of Malta 1565 and the knights of st john. i know some books have been published using this as a theme, namely: Fiction: - The Sword and the Scimitar - David Ball (Also known as 'IronFire' ISBN 9780385336017 ISBN 0099457954) - The Religion - Tim Willocks ISBN 9780374248659 - Blood Rock - James Jackson ISBN 9780719569838 - Angels in Iron - Nicholas C. Prata ISBN 9781889758565 - The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles) - Dorothy Dunnett (Book 3) 1) The Game of Kings 2) Queen's Play 3) The Disorderly Knights 4) Pawn in Frankincense 5) The Ringed Castle 6) Checkmate do you have any books on this era/theme and if not, do you intend to ever write on it? Have read amazing reviews of your books. many thanks and best regards from Malta, Patrick
Vella

Hi Bernard Your books are wonderfully evocative of times past. Azincourt was brilliant as is the whole Saxon Series. I know you want to do more Sharpe, finish Nate Starbucks story,continue Uhtred's saga, and goodness knows what else, but what about Rider Sandman? He and Berrigan teaming up with Sharpe and Harper is a frenzy just waiting to happen. I'm sure there must be some particularly vile and nasty creature out there who is just begging to get a good kicking from the "fantastic four" - Come on - how about it??

Also - are you planning on doing any West Country visits this year please? I see you are in Dorset but any plans for a visit closer to your old school haunt of Bath? Regards Buddug (it's an old welsh name derived from Boudicca, and you're free to use it for a suitably apt heroine!!)

Mr.Cornwell, Have you ever considered writing about Sharpe's early experiences in the Army? From his enlistment through training(Sergeant Hawkeswill once again) to his first battles in Flanders. You could call it,"Sharpe's Baptism".
Robert Griffin

Hi there. I don't usually do gushing so I'll try not to - but I actually LOVE your books - Uhtred is my fave, followed closely by the Arthurs and then Stonehenge, all of which get to me at the deepest level. Not sure why, but they move me. Anyway, I think you were brought up in Thundersley. So was I, so we have that much in common. My question is, after all this rambling - are you likely to be book-signing in the UK any time soon? Particularly London way? My husband queued for ages for a signed copy for my birthday a few years ago, but I haven't had the pleasure myself yet. Would love to see you in real life.

Jo Gray

Hello Mr Cornwell, are you doing bookshop tours when The Burning Land is released? (Will you be coming to Norwich, UK? It will be great if you do). Thank you
Sharon Adams

I have completed the reading of all the mini series you have written and thoroughly enjoyed them all. I am eagerly awaiting the latest The Burning Land. Can you please tell me if you have any plans to continue The Starbuck Chronicles. I have just completed reading the four of them one after the other and feel that the story has not finished. Thank you for all the wonderful books, I am now going to embark on reading the Sharpe series. Yours Bob Watson

Bob Watson

Will Nathan Starbuck complete his "War Between the States" odyssey?

Joe Doyle

Hello Mr Cornwell, I have just finished reading Azincourt and thoroughly enjoyed it.. I had always known the longbow to have been an awesome weapon, and can't help but smile at the irony that in all probability it was/would have been a more superior weapon than the baker rifle or the musket! do you think that likely? I mean three shots a minute on a good day, against the 15 a minute a longbow could achieve.. wow! it gave me a real chill to imagine the arrow storms at Azincourt raining down on the hapless french! I think the longbow had a better range than black powder weapons (except of course cannons) as well.. I guess though you could train a man to give the enemy the good news with a muskett in a few days, as oppose to ten+ years of training with a longbow.. and don't suppose you could ever get Sharpe to give up his rifle for a bow.. interesting thought though... thanks again for all your amazing books, James

Dear Mr Cornwell, I've been a fan of your Sharpe Novels for years. However, I have one question that has burned within me since first seeing Sharpe on TV. It is why Sean Bean? He looks nothing like a six foot, Black haired, scar faced Londoner. Why, Why Why!!!!!!!

Thomas Hitchen

My wife recently bought me a Kindle from Amazon.com for my birthday, and some of the first books I looked for were the ones in the Arthur series. I've read a lot of your books, and enjoyed them all, but these are my favorites, and I'd love to re-read them. But, I was sad to find that they're not available on the Kindle. A lot of your other books are though, so I'm wondering if there is a specific reason for this? Or should I await their release patiently? Thanks.

John Sekol