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.

Hi Bernard When will Sharpe and Harper ride again ? Cheers, Chris

I enjoyed the grail quest series. re the archery, when did archers start to use the finger tab?

Mick Collinson

Any idea of when there will be the follow on from the lords of the north? Tim Harris

I wanted to take the time to say, What a wonderful story teller you are!. I have only read "the Saxon Stories". But I have not been able to put any of them down, some times I will read them twice when I get them so I don't miss anything. I have not had time to investigate all of your books, but I intend to try. When is the sequel for "The Lords of the North" going to make it to Canada?. I truly love your books, I am fascinated with the history involved with Vikings invading England I have Family history there. Your Books make me think of what My long lost ancestors might have been up to At that time. Once again Thank you for publishing your stories, and PLEASE PLEASE Keep writing without wax Lindsay Thurgood

Hi...just a quick question...do you think that there will be a 4th book in the Saxon Stories? I was soooo in love with the character Uhtred and I have never read any book like this, I usually stick to corny love stories or thrillers but now I am all for your types of novels and have gotten everyone in my family turned on to them (i.e: The Grail quest and Arthur books.) Anyway, "Lord's of the North" ended with the possibility of a 4th novel and I was just curious if my hunch was right? Thank you so much for your great storytelling and incredible insight! Nicole

Hey Mr. Cornwell I've read the Saxon stories and I've just finished reading Nate Starbuck's chronicles and I was wondering if you have plans for writing another book on Starbuck's series? Thanks For your attention, thank you, Armando

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