Your Questions

Mr Cornwell I am just wondering if you are planning a book tour in the UK in the near future? I have Emailed you before asking for a personally signed book for my brother which you klindly did - would like to say thank you for that. yours faithfully, Erik Bourne

G'day Bernard, do you intend to write more Sharpe books & if so does he fight at Corunna? Cheers Adrian

Mr. Cornwell, Hello Again, I just wanted to drop a line to tell you that I read "Tank!" by Ken Tout upon your recommendation and was blown away by it- thanks ! It reminded me a little of C.S. Forester's novel "The Ship" in it's close attention to time and battle maneuvers in a confined setting. May I further recommend the book "White Jacket" by Melville? if you haven't read it already, it seems like it could be a predecessor to the two books above.

I wanted to ask when a bit of your Azincourt book will be excerpted on this site? the Harper Collins site already has a brief synopsis and what looks like a jacket design posted. How difficult is the writing of this book compared to your past efforts? about how long will the finished book be? is it more like a Sharpe book in length or longer like Stonehenge? Regardless, Ill be first in line...thanks again..take care R. Kulb

Mr. Cornwell, I am trying to find some information on the Battle of Castillon (France 1453) that ended the Hundred Years War. Not so much details of the battle itself but conditions of the battlefield and, if possible, a plan or chart of the battlefield. Can you help? Thanks, Gil Gorman

I have been eagerly awaiting Sword Song for a while now, but am disappointed to see that Tom Sellwood is not the narrator of the audio version. I think Tom Sellwood is one of the finest audio book narrators around, and have grown to love the characters in his voice. Are you releasing a version with him later on? That is, should I wait? Or should I go ahead and try the Jamie Glover or Gerard Doyle versions? Thank you. Sincerely, J. M. Jacob

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have recently become a big fan of yours, and am now starting the Sharpe series. Is it best to read them in order written, or in the chronological order you have posted on the web? Thanks in advance, for your time in reading and replying, Joe Doyle NY and Virginia, USA P.S.: Your Arthur Series and Sword Song Series are some of the most entertaining books I have ever read, and I've passed them on to my sons. I am of Irish, and way back, Norse descent.
Joe Doyle

To Bernard: Hello again, I've been watch historical flicks like kingdom of heaven and it's open my eyes to a lot of things maybe in the realm of sword & sorcery. I was wondering if you're going to write something fantasy-like? Or you might think somebody geeky has already told you the same thing Sign, Avi P.S I really like the Starbuck thing. I wish I could make something into a comic maybe. Avi Gutierrez

Mr Cornwell, firstly, I have to thank you for the wonderful books that have given me so much pleasure over the years. Although I dearly love Sharpe, my absolute favourites are the Saxon stories. Like you, I am from 'South Essex', Caninga, to be precise, and I can remember sitting on the sea wall as an army-mad boy and trying to plan an assault up the slopes to 'Beamfleot'. As a result, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Sword Song ranks among my favourite stories. I also like to write, but have only managed a short story about WWII. The main reason for my laziness in writing is my love of reading! That leads me nicely to my questions: Do you like to read? Which author(s) do you prefer and what subjects provide you with your reading pleasure? Again, Thanks. Mark

do you plan to write any other Starbuck Chronicle novels? I would like to know what happened to Nate did he survive? was he captured? if so did he become a galvanized yankee and go west to fight the indians? what did he do at Gettysburg? Cold Harbor? Sherman's March? Just want to know. Thomas Gray

Hello there started reading your Sharpe novels a year and a bit ago. I read them all and got kind of sad getting to the end of the series after realising there was no more to read so on the rebound I met Starbuck thinking they weren't going to be as good as the Sharpe series. One word...Brilliant. You've given me an interest in the American civil war. After Starbuck I went to the Warlord chronicles which I'm currently reading. I was wanting your advice on which series of books by you I should read next?

I also want to know if or when you start the Starbuck series again will you be going through the whole civil war and if so will you be writing about the battle of the crater?

And who is your favourite author and who inspired you to write? Sorry for the long story, I think you're a brilliant author. Best regards, Nathan

I have read all of your books, most of them more than once(Sharpe/warlord/grail)very hard to put down once you start to read them. Will we ever see the warlord chronicles on film either on tv or in the cinema?
Glynn Incledon