Your Questions

Dear Mr. Cornwell , I have just enjoyed Azincourt with the interesting Q & A section at the back . Your answers indicate that you are quite patriotic despite living in the US . With this in mind , Do you get favourable or non favourable feedback and comments by the French ? Are your books best sellers and well received in France & Spain ? Are you bothered whether it puts their noses out of joint ? and When next do you think England will win the World Cup ? Callum S Walsh , Shropshire

Dear Mr Cornwell our group called after you are reading the Saxon Series and as we are interested in genealogy as well have been finding out about the characters in this series and are looking for clues to where you found Steapa Snotor and Pyrlig names.I have been through the frequently asked questions and no one has asked. We love your books and you can find our group on www.shelfari.com.
Susan Howard

I love your many books and characters. So many are based on leading warrior figures, yet many of your more interesting characters are priests of one form or another. I could only imagine the brilliant series of books that could come from a priest wandering across Europe during the Hundred Years War or Napoleonic era. Any chance of that occurring?

Mark May

You are an awesome writer and I would love to be as successful as you are. I was just wondering if you are ever going to write about a welsh prince or the wars we had against england?

Chris Ford

Hi. I just finished reading Sharpe's Fortress, and I have a quick question in regard to chronology: in which novel does Sharpe actually return to England and undergo Rifleman training?

Daniel Frater

I have just finished reading Azincourt for the second time. Outstanding. I am of course conversant with the Sharpe series. no one, to,date has written the definitive WW2 book and it always appears that the British weren't there. Can you not rectify this? Regards

Brian Wylie

I truly enjoy your books and your comments. Today you mention that the right to keep and bear arms was tied to military training. Actually it started as a cheap way to equip an army. By definition at the time of the Revolution, a militia was comprised of people who owned and maintained their own weapons. Virtually all weapons were individually constructed. Each was unique. Even the ball ammo couldn't be shared.Assembly lines weren't invented until later. A bullet mold was specifically for the bore of an individual weapon, especially long rifles. So the Constitution granted individuals the right to own weapons so an army could be more easily raised. No need to arm it. As to the numbers of men in battle, I agree "rice paddy" strength was much less than full strength. A US rifle company typically has over 200 men assigned to it. In Vietnam few companies had more than 100 men in the field at a time. Often there were as few as 80. Medieval armies often were grossly overstated. But during Roman times they usually weren't. Hannibal apparently did kill at least 50,000 Romans at Cannae. Over 18,000 legionnaires died at TeutoBerg Wald. Over 20,000 died at Carrhae, with another 10,000 being captured. Yet by 370 a.d. the Eastern Roman army only numbered 15,000 when it was annihilated at Adrianople. Thanks so much for so much entertainment.

Don Conrad

Mr. Cornwell, I've read a few of your books, and I wanted to ask you a question about the Grail Quest series. Throughout the books, Thomas speaks of Latin that he was taught by his father, and of passages from the Bible and the book his father left him. At the end of Heretic, he's attempting to teach Genevieve Latin with a scrap from the book of his father's. Where did that passage come from? I've been trying to figure it out but all I could find similar was Psalm 22, but even it was not the same wording. Could you help me out? And by the way, all of the books that I've read of yours were very near the best I've ever read. Thanks much!

Taylor E.

Hallo Mr Cornwell!I am a big Greek fun of your books and have an,also big agony!Do you have any news as to when The Lords of the North will published in Greek?Its 2009 almost 3 years from the day you published it and my wonder is when i will finish the saxon stories !Probably in 2015? Sorry if my attitude looks rude but my anger refers to Greek publishers! I also would like to ask you if there is any chance to see a historical novel from you, witch is involved with Greek culture and ancient history!I know that are already many from other authors but with your way of writing would be a pleasure! Many thanks for your time especially reading my awful and anothograph english. Nikos Diplaris

When is "The burning land" coming in Germany? I read all books of the Saxon stories two times and can't wait for the last part.

Christoph

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I would like to know, when the fifth book of Uhtred will be able to get in German. I`m able to read English written books but when I am reading I don't want to think too much. I prefer to dive in to the story and not thinking about vocabulary. Thanks a lot for your answer and keep going, your books are, by `odin` and `thor` brilliant. Maybe you dont know the answer, but maybe your publisher knows. greetings from Germany, Thorsten