Your Questions

I'm presently enjoying the siege of Harfleur. Love all the usual stuff; the good priests, the hypocrite priests, the central character (who I enjoy even more than Thomas of Hookton), and, of course, the VILLAINS. Please keep writing as long as you can. Only one question... will there be any more sailing stories? As a sailor (a Westerly Centaur - useless tub - that I love to sail around Puget Sound) I enjoyed those stories. God Bless, MAA

Greetings Mr. Cornwell My name is Martin Page and I am a avid reader of your Historical novels. I am a member in a living History group and as such I really appreciate your kind of realism and eye for detail. I find it a sad Commentary on our times that many historical stories, admittedly most in Movie format, deviate so far from Historical accuracy. In that your books represent, at least for me, a refreshment. I find my self able to experience past times in full through your descriptive but still captivating writing style. The reason I am writing you is because I was wondering if you might be interested in writing a book about the German Landsknecht of the 16th century. I my self portray such a person in my group and find the Landsknecht to be a Historical anomaly like few others. The word Landsknecht describes a German mercenary of the 16th century. The earliest usage of the word for this specific type of Mercenary was in the late 1480s and described them until their disappearance at the end of the 30 years war. The Landsknecht are the German counterpart to the well known Swiss Guard. What makes the Landsknecht so unusual in their Historical setting is that they by decree of the Holy Roman Emperor where exempt of the sumptuary laws, had immunity of the Church and Secular powers, meaning that they fell under regimental law and justice only and that there Regiments had a very , for there times, democratic and power division set up. I am sure that if you where interested in the subject you would find these people just as fascinating as I. I understand that you probably have many projects that you would like to complete before even considering, if at all, my suggestion. But if you did decide to write a story about Landsknecht you would be assured at least one buyer. Martin Page

Dear Mr Cornwell, I note from a recent post that you went to school near Bath. Did you visit Chippenham during that period and able to draw on your knowledge when writing about that section in the first Uhtred novel? Your Saxon stories are my favourite series. Can't wait for the next one!
Martin Beint

YOUR BOOK " AZINCOURT " WILL IT GO OUT IN FRANCE ? TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH LANGUAGE ? THANKS, I LIKE YOUR BOOKS. WILFRIED

I'm a FAN of yours stories.. I recently ask to your french editor of Sharpe's story to translate more faster in French.. I also like to know, when we will be able to read the French release of Azincourt? Thank's for the stories and dreams. Arnaud Valeix

Mr. Cornwell, Time passes slowly here in the North Dakota winters and your books keep the darkness goblins away. Thank you. I have noticed on a few dust jacket photos that you are wearing a jacket with a patch that looks like a Sharpe's patch. Are they available to the public? If so, where? I would love to have one for my cami birding jacket just to confuse people.
Alice Turner

Hi I have bought your books in the Sharpe series from number 1 to 14 from ereader.com, and love this book series. My problem is I can't buy book number 15 - 20 from ereader.com :-( Will there be more titles available in near future ? I prefer reading the books in an electronic reader. And they are easy to buy in this format, from where I live in Norway !! Dag

How do you feel about the interpretations of your characters on tv or audio books? Do they generally fit with your view of the 'spirit' of your characters, and do you find yourself developing characters in line with the character they've become external to your existing novels? I must admit that whenever I read Sharpe I see Sean Bean, and I also do it in the Saxon novels when I hear Richard Armitage's characterisations of the major characters from Sword Song! I suppose I'm asking whether you ever feel possessive of your characters and find it irksome that other people may not share your vision of them. Everyone is our house loves your novels by the way - whenever I buy a new one a very impatient queue develops waiting for me to finish it! Am really looking forward to the new Saxon novel.

Stella

Good Evening Mr Cornwell, I was wondering if their was any plan to bring Sharpe's Peril DVD to the US? We operate on a Region 1 or Region 0 DVD code and as of such the current release is unplayable. Cheers, Dale

Mr. Cornwell, My name is Vince and I am a senior in college, one of my majors is creative writing. I have read The Sharp Series, The Saxon Stories ( I can not wait for the next one!) and all of the Arthur Books. My favorite series is still the Sharpe series, and for my class, I have elected to spend this semester writing from the other point of view. I have been writing a short story for some time now about a young Frenchman who has joined the ranks, and is now in his artillery training in 1805 ( I want to get him into the battle of Austerlitz). I have been trying to pay attention to detail much the way that you do and I can say that it is No Where as easy to accomplish as you make it seem! My real question is on one aspect of your writing that I seem to have trouble with; that is your ability to make towns, roads, people so gritty. My professor has told me that the flow of my story is fine, the imagery is decent, but with out the grittiness of say the dead dog lying in the street, or the prostitutes calling to the men as they pass that my story feels like a young adult story. How do you consistently get that authentic, dirty, dusty feeling that you are right there, standing in that small Spanish town? Do you go back over each descriptive paragraph and just see little bits that you can add? Any help would be appreciated, I just am having a very tough time getting my minds eye to see these small villages and countrysides in the way that you do. Thank you very much! Vince Kurtz

I would really love to get the Warlord Trilogy on either CD or be able to put it on my iPod. I can only find them in audio cassette!! Will they be made into the digital age anytime soon?
Sarah