Your Questions

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Hi there I really enjoy your books and this website and hope both continue to grow and prosper. I really enjoy the picture section on this website showing some photo's of some of the battles in the India Sharpe books. Was Wondering if it might be possible to add more pictures of other battlefields you have visited for your splendid books? Thanks for your time From Nick

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I'm glad you like the image gallery. The main reason for not putting up pictures of the peninsular sites is that there are plenty of pictures already available. Julian Paget's book Wellington's Peninsular Wars and Ian Fletcher's Fields of Fire are two good sources available at libraries. Osprey's book on Bussaco has wonderful pictures of the ridge before it was covered in trees. The Lines of Torres Vedras are more difficult - they've been allowed to vanish under the plough, or erosion, but there are plenty of pics of the Fort of San Vincente which was one of the showpiece bastions. Pictures of the Indian battlefields are much scarcer, which is why we show them.


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Dear Mr. Cornwell, I've read your a little more than half of your books including the Sharpe, Grail, and Starbuck series, plus Redcoat and Gallows Thief. I loved them all equally much. I have a few questions. I know that this is a very frequently asked question, but do you see yourself writing anymore Starbuck in the next 10 years? I'm dying to know how Starbuck gets his revenge on Blyth.

Also,anymore Sharpe coming soon?

I see your writing about Agincourt, does this have anything to do with Thomas' descendants?

Also, are you done writing the Saxon series? Austin Callaway

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There will be more Starbuck but I can't say for sure when.

There will be more Sharpe but not for a few years.

No relatives of Thomas of Hookton.

I'm not done with the Saxon series, it will continue.


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Hello Mr. Cornwell I just recently saw that you will be writing a new book, Agincourt? Will this be a whole new series? Or will it be a book like redcoat, just a one book story? Thank you for your attention I am just finishing reading one of The Starbuck books Copperhead to be exact and I really enjoyed it.
Tom

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Just a one book... I think... that could change... I'm not sure...


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Dear Mr. Cornwell, I am an 18 year old student from North Wales, and I would just like to write you a brief letter to tell you how much I love your books. Starting with Sharpe's Tiger 10 years ago, I've managed to read all of the Sharpe, Starbuck, Arthur, Grail and Saxon series, along with Gallows Thief and the epic Stonehenge. Without a doubt, your work has influenced my reading preferences and writing style through the years, and I regularly re-read them. In fact, I'm currently finishing 'The Bloody Ground' for the twentieth time! I would just like to ask you if there are any more Starbuck novels in the pipeline? and if not, go on! You know you want to! Yours sincerely, Geraint Roberts

Dear Mr Cornwell, As I'm sure you hear often, I'm a big fan. I've read your novels since I was about 8 years old (thank my father). Recently I took interest in your Starbuck Chronicles; so much in fact that I have just finished writing an A level dissertation on the American Civil War. I noticed at the end of the last novel that, following normal practice at the end of a historical note, you put 'Starbuck will march again.' Without meaning to influence your work or worry your lawyers, I would dearly like to know if and when the Starbuck Chronicles will be continued. Thank you very much for your time. Thomas Stacey (1 of many number one fans)

Hi, thank you for recommending the book, Battle Cry Of Freedom to help me with my coursework it has been a great help!! Thank you very much!! Just another quick question though, one I bet you're asked all the time, will there be anymore Starbuck books, if so do you know when? I'm dying to know what happens next!! Thank you again Daniel McEvilly

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There will, but I don't know when....


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Hi, you have renewed my love for reading! I've read the Arthur books, Grail Quest, and the Saxon Stories. I am planning to start reading the Sharpe series. Do you suggest reading them in chronological order of Sharpe's time or in the order that you wrote them? Thanks!
Rémi

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I generally recommend reading the Sharpe books in chronological order. For a complete chronological listing of the books, click on the Sharpe books link to your right under 'select a book series'.


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hello, i really like all your books but have 2 questions. The first is that do you have a plan for how all the books will go, for instance in the Uhtred series did you have an idea of what would happen in Sword Song and in the future? and how rigid was this? Also with you living in the states now is this a problem with research for your book? Have you visited the places you vividly describe? Thank you, James

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I always do visit the places, because it's almost impossible to write a book about a place without walking the ground.

I rarely know what's going to happen in a book when I start it, so I just keep going, page by page, and the dialogue and action fall into place (I hope!).


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Hello Sir, I was wondering is it possible that you will be touring in Buffalo, New York? Bleu Marceaux

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No plans for it at the moment, sorry!


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Dear Bernard I thought your Arthur series was on eof the greatest historical novels I have read. Thank you for them. Equally the Saxon stories are a brilliant read and I've just finished Sword Song. In it you say that Uhtred will adventure again, and I was wondering if you had a title or working title yet for the next Saxon novel? I've read all of Simon Scarrow's novels and you say of them "I don't need this kind of competition". You've nothing to worry about there, he's good alright, but no Cornwell.
Danny Gibson

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No title because I have not started the book yet!


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I enjoyed the Sharpe books when they came out and have been enjoying the books that you have been fitting into the timeline the original books covered. So the important question for me is are you going to be adding to the series with more adventures of Sharpe? Roddy Carter

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Yes, but not for at least a year, most likely two...


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I noticed on the American cover that the artist did not read how you described the hanging of the shields on the sides of the ship. (I think they "should" have been grouped tighter.) Do you get to comment on your covers before they are released? Great books, as a former writer, I take long pleasurable time with your works. I had control over the covers of the few books I did, and cannot imagine you do not. As you've learned from millions of us, great writing. Best part is you can write fast as well as great. Regards, Min Mr. Min S. Yee

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I do get to comment, but the comments don't always carry much persuasion, and in the end (especially in the US) it's a compromise between the marketing department and the art department, with my input way way down the list.