Your Questions

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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

Submitted July 9, 2009

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I suppose it could be fascinating, but I'm fairly sure I'm not the person who should write it! I'm not over sympathetic to priests . . . and why a priest? Maybe anyone wandering across Europe would be interesting, but they'd need to stop wandering long enough to get involved . . . .

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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

Submitted July 9, 2009

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I really think that's best left to a Welsh writer . . . truly!

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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

Submitted July 8, 2009

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I understand the Greek translation of 'Lords of the North' will be published in November 2009.

No plans for a Greek novel, but thank you for your kind words!

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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

Submitted July 7, 2009

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I don't know for sure - but hopefully you will have it sometime in 2010.

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Eagerly awaiting the next book in the Saxon Series. I was disappointed however that Sword Song was unavailable in an unabridged audio version. I like to listen to the stories during my rather long commute to and from work. Could you please try to release an unabridged audio version for "The Burning Land"? It would be much appreciated. Sincerely, Chuck Taylor

Submitted July 2, 2009

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I see an unabridged audio CD of The Burning Land is already available for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk.

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hey Mr Cornwell I just wanted to let you know how much I've enjoyed your books...Stonehenge and the Saxon ones particularly so. But I just wanted to thank you...the books have been so well researched and that's what makes them so good...in my opinion. This has got me into history a lot more as well and has helped me to decide what I want to do when I have finished my A-Levels. I was also wondering where you got a lot of the information from? and wondered if you were planning on writing a book about Boudicca anytime? (just as a matter of curiosity) Thank you, Rhianna

Submitted July 2, 2009

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I get my information from many sources; mainly books, diaries, journals, maps, etc.

I probably won't write a book on Boudicaa, although it would make for an interesting story.

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Hi Bernard, I seem to recall that you were going to embark upon writing another novel set in the American Revolution, can you confirm this? If so any time frame for it's release? Also would you be able to tell me what part of the war it's set during? I enjoyed 'Redcoat' very much, and feel this is a sadly neglected part of history as far as novels go, I find this strange as it was a pivotal turning point in world history. Do you have any notions why this is so? There are so few, and also it has been neglected by filmmakers, I'd have thought Hollywood would have revelled in the subject. Kindest Regards for your time.
Neil Pearce

Submitted July 2, 2009

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I am about to start that novel - all I'll tell you is that it's set in the summer of 1779 and is based very very tightly on extant diaries and letters and logbooks. It doesn't deal with one of the war's great turning points, indeed it's an obscure story, but a very good one (I hope!). The war has been ignored . . . partly because if you do deal with it (as The Patriot did) you need to change so many things. The Revolution is the high ground of American myth, and most of the tale is myth. The bottom line is that the French handed America its liberty, but this isn't a popular idea so it gets ignored (the French were the largest army at Yorktown, the British the smallest, and it was Rochambeau's siege guns that did the damage, not the American guns). The greatest victory was Saratoga, but that was mostly (not wholly) due to Benedict Arnold, and you can't mention that name! A wonderful corrective to the myth is Mark Urban's book, Fusiliers, which follows one British regiment through the war . . . and describes just how swiftly (and VERY effectively) the British developed Light Infantry tactics to thwart rebel skirmishers. I could go on forever, but I'll shut up - the book (which doesn't have a title yet) will be published (I hope) in October 2010.

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Hello, I am writing to ask if you know of any CD audo recordings of the Warlord Chronicles trilogy. The only audiobooks I have been able to find are cassettes, not surprising considering the books are over twelve years old now, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks for your help. Regards, Patrick

Submitted July 2, 2009

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A CD recording of the Warlord Chronicles is in the works and should be available within one year's time (or so I am told).

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Dear sir your books have been an inspiration to me to try and write an novel of my own but what has been hassling me recently is when are you going to write another Starbuck book or more importantly Sharpe book? Warmest Regards Dave

Submitted July 2, 2009

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The next book I write will be neither Sharpe nor Starbuck - and I don't plan too much beyond the next book. Best of luck with your book!

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You've heard it enough... Azincourt was beyond an amazing masterpiece. What I really admire a lot more is that you named a ship "Pucelle" (Sharpe's book) after my own saint... Joan of Arc. You know as well and more than I do that's chiefly what induced the English out of France a few years later as mentioned in your book. Plus, that the Duke of Orleans was release and both of those incidents were two of Joan's little prophesies. If you have time I would like a thought or two from you on Joan of Arc. Thanks for your inspiration. I am writing my own historic fiction about a survivor from the Children's Crusade.

Micheal Watkins

Submitted July 2, 2009

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Thank you . . . . . I'm looking forward (VERY much) to Juliet Barker's next book which, I think, will be published in October and is the history of the English in France post Agincourt and which, she assures me, has some interesting material on Jeanne d'Arc. I hope you get to read it!