Your Questions

Two questions: 1) Do you feel trapped by your genre, or by the characters you've developed for serial novels? 2) Where might one purchase trade paperbacks of The Last Kingdom with the original cover? I've had no luck with amazon/ebay. My copy was lent out and never made it back. Ever appreciative, James

In the historical note section of Lords of the North, you seem to indicate Uhtred is one of your ancestors, is this true?. John Owen

I am a great fan of your books. You may have to clone yourself. Now... personal questions so dodge if you like. Do you own the film rights for the Grail Quest Series? It occurs to me that if done well it would make as great a film trilogy as it is a great book trilogy. I don't know if you have seen Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy. I am a self employed engineer (Mechanical Contractor) with nothing to gain here but just think it is a great idea. Steve Holroyd

Dear Bernard I know you have said you are reluctant to go back again in regards to the Sharpe novels but I wondered if you have ever considered the Battle of Madia in 1806. Its fairly unique as it seemed to be one of the few times the French fought in line against the British (albeit 3 deep instead our 2 deep line) and you could certainly have time enough to get Sharpe there from Trafalgar and back to Britain and Denmark???? And could endorse the plea of an earlier poster on giving Fredrickson his head on a spin-off novel out of all the charachters he seems the most qualified for one and in Sharpe's Siege he does tell Sharpe about San Sebastian and how lucky Sharpe was to miss it. Besides that there is also his time in Canada and the war of 1812 (Memory hazy but in Sharpe's Waterloo didn't Harper remark that Fredickson was in Canada) to write about which means you dont need to worry about Sharpe and his promise when Fredrickson didn't make it and he could get to Washington and Baltimore. Regards Tony

P.S A previous poster asked about famous Irish soldiers in the Napoleonic British Army besides Wellington well from the American perspective the most obvious would have to be Robert Ross who led the attack at Washington and Baltimore.

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

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

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

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

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

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