Dear Bernard First let may say thank you for sigining my copy of Pale Horseman on your recent tour in London. I finished it in only a few days since I could not put it down. Great stuff. Second in regards to Starbuck will the next Starbuck novel bet set around Frecricksburg? And have you ever thought of getting him to Stones River in Tennesse the last and first battle of 62/63 or to some of the other Western battles or will you keep him to Virginia ??? Does Starbuck ever settle affairs with Billy Blythe???? Does he ever find out about Delenay betraying him and being a spy and that it was he not his brother Ridley who had Sally raped??? Will he ever get back with Sally (Julia Gordon never really seemed too measure up as either charachter love intserest for Starbuck) ???? And in a previous post you mentioned about Starbuck meeting Lincoln, will he ever meet the man who won the war Ulyesses.S.Grant??? And Will his abolitionist farther who comes across as more preaching war on the South than less as liberating slaves ever meet William Sherman the man who defined war is hell but hated black people. And finaly on a lot of message boards to do with the US Civil war there is always the debate on who is the better general Grant or Lee. In your opinion which do you think was the better general??? Geraint

I received my copy of The Pale Horseman last week and read it in about 3 days. I have never been a book reader but as I spend lots of time commuting thought I would give it a go. Your books have given me more than I could ever have imagined and now regret the years I have wasted. When is the next Uthred story coming out? soon I hope! Also any more thoughts on future Starbuck Chronicles as that story has only just begun and you can’t let Billy Blythe get away with it! Thanks more than I can express. Neil

Wow, a new series! (The Last Kingdom). However, I am hesitant to embark on reading it, being that I’ve been left hanging with the Starbuck Chronicles for nine years now! Please bring Nate back from vacation, and wrap up this valuable series. You may say he’s like Sharpe (I disagree), but the series is also valuable from an historic point of view. Norman Jack

I bet you get hundreds of emails.I have been a fan of your books for years and have actively promoted them to friends and anyone who will listen.I am a particular fan of the Starbuck series as it is set at the same time as our own New Zealand landwars of the 1860’s.I have read alot about these hard years, when this country was a frontier nation and this envirnoment produced some amazing characters, who have gone onto become legends. Not unlike some of the characters you portray. Anyway are you going to produce a fifth book in this series ? This would be up to Gettysburg 1863 ? Regards. David Russell

Hi Mr. Cornwell. I was very sorry to hear about your illness, and am equally glad to hear that you are feeling better. In an answer to a previous posting, you mentioned that you have all the research done and the plot outlined for the next Starbuck novel. Would I be correct in assuming that it concerns the battle of Frederickburg? If so much is already done, why not see if you can get it out some time in 2006? I would think it would be comparatively easy, almost a working holiday, one might say. And please, stay well for many years. Alan Kempner