Your Questions

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have enjoyed your sailing noves immensely, not only for the stories themselves but also for your very accurate depiction of the craft of sailing. On one of the early jacket covers, there is a photo of you at the tiller of a sailboat, and I thought "The man deserves a bigger boat!" (I'm an avid sailor myself) Through these early novels, I came to read most, if not all of your others. This morning I finished "The Pale Horseman" and am burning with a question for you. When I was 11, I read "The Long Ships" while living with my uncle's family in Sweden. It remains one of my favorites. While reading "The Pale Horseman", I couldn't help but think that you had brought forward at least one character from "The Long Ships", Brother Willibald, and at least one image, that of the wound Ragnar suffered in the final battle of your book. Whether this is the case or not, I enjoyed fond memories of my very early reading 42 years ago. Thank you for your gift! Lofton Harris

Dear Sir, Huge fan in particular Warlord & Alfred series. Any plans on Hastings 1066 etc. Or much earlier Boudica 1st british rebel? Mark Borland

dear sir, have been a fan for many years, and am enjoying the story of Uhtred.I was wondering if you were going to finish the Starbuck chronicles as I've just finished re-reading them and have been left somewhat in limbo.

I met you a few years ago when you did a talk in EXETER about the Arthur books,do you have any plans to come back to ISCA? yours, Steve Gallett.

Mr. Bernard, sorry about my english, but I´m brazilian. I loved too much your "The Arthur Books", they are wonderful. And, by reading them, I noticed the excellent movies that could be based on Arthur stories. They reminded me "The lord of Rings". Please, send your books to make a magnificent trilogy, like Peter Jackson did with Tolkien's stories. Why not Peter Jackson himself ?? Thank You, Fabio Valente, a brazilian phisician, 38 years old.

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I read the Artur books two times ( great job writing them) and I've noticed that the characters use the names of Celtic gods like Bel and cernunnos but never names such as lugh or Dagda.. I'm very far from being an expert, in fact I'm only a teenager who has read a small article about celt mythology, but I was given the impression that those two gods I mentioned where considered more important. Thank you for having such a creative mind and such a taste for britain's history, because, although I am from portugal, I think britain, because of all its history, is a fascinating place. João Luis

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have been wondering if you plan to make the Arthur books, the Grail Quest, or the Saxon Stories into movies or a T.V. mini series in the near future? Amanda Muschbacher

Hi there Mr Cornwell. May I first begin by saying it is a pleasure for me to write this message to you. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of your books, and I'm just on edge waiting for another to come out. My favourite books were the Thomas of Hookton series and the saxon chronicles. I've recently read the Arthurian series and they were excellent also. I've noticed a correlation with the use of the following: Wyrð bio ful_ræd 'Fate is inexorable' This saying is so true, and means a lot to me. This sounds crazy I know, but I think it would make a good tattoo. I'm looking to get it put on the bottom of my back, and I was wondering if you could give me the exact and correct spelling, as I've seen it spelt a few different ways. You might think I'm completely astranged, but I hope you could spare me a few minutes of your precious time, by writing a reply to this message. I'm eagerly awaiting your reply. Kindest Regards, Shaun

Dear Mr. Cornwell, As a writer and reader I love all things historic; Fiction or Non-Fiction. That being said I am still a relative newbie to your novels thus far. I have been reveling through your Saxon series lately and have enjoyed them immensely. I took a break from them this month to read your "Stonehenge", which absolutely floored me! And that's a good thing ;-) I found the entire thing completely captivating from start to finish. My compliments, sir! Have you ever considered writing about a non-European culture in any of your books? Say, for example, the disappearance of the Mayans or perhaps a story set amidst one of the ancient Chinese dynasties? I think you would be quite good at it! Thank you! Jeff from Indiana ~

Hi... I'm a real big fan of your "Saxon" novels and I'm dieing for the next installment. I also have a question for you... you mentioned that Hild from "Lords of the North" became a saint. By any chance is she a composite of other saints named Hild? I went to the Catholic website but there was no St. Hildegyth only Hilds and a Hildreth (who was a man). I was just wondering if you could clear that up? Thanks and keep up the good work.. P.S. can't wait till the new "Saxon" novel comes out Uhtred rocks!! David Barnsin

Dear Mr Cornwell, I've just finished writing a book. Excepting a few minor things I need to check it's entirely finished. I was wondering if there is some sort of standard format that manuscripts should take? (At 12pt Times New Roman I get 550-600 words per A4 page, which seems rather a lot). Also, I've not yet begun agent-hunting, and if you know of any agents interested in the fantasy genre and could help me make contact I'd be very grateful (I know you don't write fantasy, so this is a long shot, but I thought it worth a try). Many thanks for your assistance with this, and for writing so many good books (especially the Warlord Chronicles). Richard