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| (1.) Posting Date: 27 Jul, 2010 |
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Q: Dear Bernard I have read every book you have written and can never wait for the next to appear. I would however like to catch up with Nate Starbuck again when you bring him back, Please. Just waiting for my copy of The Fort.. JC
Hi Bernard, I've just finished reading the four Starbuck chronicle books, they were great, but in the historical note in 'The Bloody Ground' you said that another book would be coming, i had a look in the front of the book and noticed you wrote it in 1996, I'd just like to know when you plan to write the next book that you promised 14 years ago.
James
Like all of the others who have contacted you, I have thoroughly enjoyed your books-the ones I have read so far-and look forward to reading more. I am wondering if you have plans to continue the Starbuck series soon. I really want to know what will happen to Nate! As you had Potter quote, "The winners get to write the history books." Since I am a Northerner, with the exception of Gone With the Wind and the movie Gettysburg, I so rarely get "the other side". I really enjoy getting a more full perspective of this terrible time in US History. I love your ability to make your characters so alive. I want to know if Nate, Swynward and Truslow make it, and if nasty Blythe finally "gets his".
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| A: I do hope to return to Starbuck before too long! |
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| (2.) Posting Date: 27 Jul, 2010 |
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Q: hi, I was wondering if you had any plans to write any stories about when the Romans were in Britain? as I really enjoy your other novels and the roman period interests me more than most, would this be a possibility?
Peter Wilkinson
Hello sir, I'm I read 'The Last Kingdom' when I was about 13 because I was always a nut for Vikings and I've enjoyed a lot of your books since then. You mostly right about British history, so I was wondering; have you ever thought of writing a book about Roman-Britain? The Arthur Books were set in a Britain still under Roman influence, but what about a book set during the time of the great Caesars? Willem Peglau
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| A: I really don't want to write the Roman period . . . I love it! I want to read other writers' versions, not my own. |
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| (3.) Posting Date: 27 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Mr. Cornwell, I really enjoy the novels I've read of yours, especially the Uhtred books and the Arthur books. And although you've done a lot of Dark Age and Medieval Age books, and you feel it may become an epithet of yours, I think a book about Harold Godwinson, which goes through his Welsh campaigns of 1063 to Hastings, would be really cool. Luke Peglau
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| A: I don't have plans for Harold Godwinson, but perhaps that will change?
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| (4.) Posting Date: 27 Jul, 2010 |
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Q: I would just like to say how much I have enjoyed the Saxon Stories. Its good to read books which have so much historical fact entwined within the story. Having lived for much of my life in Maldon, the areas you write about around Hadleigh Castle and Benfleet are very well known to me. Is there to be a further instalment in the life of Uhtred very soon? Will he ever get to rule at Bebbenburg? I am sure all your fans like me are waiting to read how and where he spends his old age! Thanks so much.
Veronica
Mr Cornwell, My family, Friends and I are great fans of yours and we have consumed 'The Saxon Stories' series of your books and let me thank you for writing something that has inspired me to try my hand at writing. I am however interested in the journey of 'Uhtred' and was wondering if you have started writing the book as of yet and if our poor hero is ever going to get 'Bebbanburg'? Once again thank you for the books and creating such a fantastic story, any information would be greatly appreciated to us all. Guy Etchells (UK)
When will Uhtred get back his kingdom, I wait in anticipation after reading Burning land
Roger Isles
Mr. Cornwell, I have contacted you once before, and would like to thank you for responding in such a timely fashion. It is appreciated greatly.And thus, I feel required to bother you once more, my apologies. When can I expect to read another book about Uhtred? I am an avid reader of you Saxon series. I would be an excellent manuscript reader, although sadly I am sure you are not in need of anymore. I am impatient please forgive me.
Richard Skibitski
Mr. Cornwell, it is a big pleasure to me to right to you and expect to have your feed back. This is just to say I have already read all five books of Saxon Stories and never read nothing so profound before! I have learned a lot of british history reading and making several research after reading your books. So, please don´t take too much time to right next one and please give me some idea of when I can expect it. Thanks in advance.
Luiz Carlos Sbragia de Souza
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| A: The next book I write will be Uhtred. |
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| (5.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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Q: Are you planning to continue your bloody good "The Saxon Stories"? Thanks. Tsyplenkov Andrew
Hello Mr. Cornwell, I read your Saxon story and for me it´s like a drug.Totally Great...now I want to ask when comes the 6th Book of this great saga? (sorry for my english:-) Nice greetings and A big applause from Germania.. Oliver
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| A: Yes! The next book I write... |
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| (6.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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Q: Loving your books so far - have been reading them on the nook - so please do all you can to get all your books in eBook format. I have been reading the Saxon Tales and just finished The Burning Land. Very good as usual however I noted a difference in the writing on this one. First you seemed to move to Uhtred retelling the details of an event from his "retirement home" more in this book? Any reason other than because "you felt like it"? Two, you introduced and used the term Jarl often in this book. I believe it was the first reference of that term in the series? Is it because it was a term you learned during your research after the first books were written - or was it a term that only became a "term" during Uhtred's life? Looking forward to the next book - and I do hope Uhtred does not sell out his pagan ways and become a Christian. As a freethinker myself - this is very refreshing!
A suggestion that might be fun for a future book - if you could team up with a fellow author (Ken Follett would be awesome!) and both of you write a separate book on the same story from different points of views. For instance - the events in the Burning Land could have also been written by the another author from the perspective of Haesten. That would be a very interesting read! The stories would divulge where the characters are in different locations but same when they are in the same battle or location.
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A: Uhtred won't become a Christian! I think that's established, and haven't all the books been written in recollection? Maybe The Burning Land a bit more? dunno.And Jarl does occur in the earlier books - but maybe not so prominently. And thanks! I'm about to start the next one . . . .
Hmmmmm . . . . . . well, hmmmmmm. maybe. But really, hmmmmm.
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| (7.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Dear Mr Cornwell, Have you ever thought about writing a book on a darker, immoral more ruthless anti-hero? Despite being killers, and in some cases murderers, most of your characters have morals and are reasonably virtuous. I think it would be interesting to see a book based on a young Obadiah Hakeswill and his terrifying and bullying rise through the ranks culminating in him recruiting a 16 year old Sharpe and them fighting at the Battle of Boxtel. This would make Sharpe a secondary character in someone else's story and it would be away for you to go back in time within the Sharpe stories and all us avid readers would see how so much animosity came to exist between Hakeswill and Sharpe. As a character we all love to hate it would be a strange emotion to read about this but ultimately we know that Hakeswill does get his comeuppance. Hope my thoughts on this are okay. Cannot wait for your new novel. Kind Regards Tom Haslett
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| A: yep, it's a nice idea. I like it - maybe not Hakeswill, but it's tempting. Thank you
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| (8.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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Mr. Cornwell, I first want to tell you how much I enjoy the Starbuck and Thomas of Hookton novels. I am quite obsessed with historical fiction of those periods and your writings scratch my itch as they say here in the Missouri Ozarks. My question is regarding the Starbuck Chronicles. I say on your FAQ page that, as of 2001, you were still intending to continue Nate's story. IS this still the case? I have just recently re-read the series and once again find myself craving closure lol. It would be something to very much look forward to, if so. Regardless, keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing your creativity with the world. Sincerely, Amy Cooper
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| A: Yes, I do hope to return to Starbuck. |
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| (9.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Exactly what is a best man in a British rifle squad of that time period?
Richard Gerhardt
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| A: Are you thinking of a Chosen Man? It was a mark of distinction offered in the Rifle regiments - a reward for good behaviour and passing marksmanship tests - it wasn't a rank - just a pat on the back!
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| (10.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Just like every other person that finds themselves on this website, I adore all the Cornwell books that I have read and intend to read no other author until I have read all your work. Your writing style and dynamics are second to none; in my opinion. This is why I would love to read just one novel or a series based around the transition of Pictland into Alba. I have considered on attempting such a project myself but I believe you would excel in writing such a story with this backdrop. Especially with how well the Arthurian trilogy was put together, which was set only a few hundred years prior to change of Pictland. Anyway before I ramble on I just wanted to plant a seed, a thread of conceptual thought that I hope will grow into a phenomenal story encompassing a turbulent time in one of, if not the most hostile but beautiful countries filled with a fierce and warlike people who also have a great passion for love and honour.
Jonathan McElligott
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| A: I really think you should write it! I'm not sure it really sparks me (which is not to say it isn't interesting, but what sparks and doesn't spark is very subjective). It is fascinating . . . . . but right now the seed isn't sprouting (though I promise to look at what sources I have and see if it germinates!)
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| (11.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Just finished listening to Agincourt (loved it!). You brought the details of battle alive in such a way that I was glued to the earphones of my iPod. Thanks very much for such an interesting book. One question: you referred to the affliction of the English soldiers as "plague", then in the afternote called it dysentery. Could you clarify that sometime (if you have time)? Did they think of dysentery as the plague back then? Thanks, again.
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| A: I can't remember the reference - does the word 'plague' occur in dialogue? It was a plague of dysentery - which seems fair to me - it ravaged Henry's army! It was probably cholera . . . but whatever it was, it really was a plague.
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| (12.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Mr Cornwell, I'm very happy to know you. I'm a great fun of Sharpe's series though the difficulties to find your books translate in Italian (Amazon.co.uk thanks you to improve their sells). So i thank you very much for your free English lesson (however I'd point out that the slang words used by Harper of Sharpe are no so easy to find in a dictionary ..). Apart of this, i really admire the way you mix history and fiction. I bought Peninsular War of David Gates and I appreciated the accuracy and precision of the military warfare you wrote. It's very interesting the description of the English high society of those Ages (only ?). I have only two last questions for you: 1) Why do you accept the ridiculous reproduction made by BBC of your stories ? i asked you this because, as usually happened when TV makes history fiction (es. Napoleon), the shrunk money of the production don't allow to reproduce in total faithfully a great battle or a siege of a great fortress ? 2) Why when you wrote Sharpe's Fortress in 1999 you killed Hackswill's character (Sharpe put him naked in a hole with poisonous snakes) when in 1982 in Sharpe's Fury you had included his character again? Thanks in advance for your reply Have you a good time Stefano
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A: I'm fine with it . . . I'm not saying I wouldn't rather have the screen-writers slavishly follow my books, but on the other hand they have constraints I don't have. It costs me nothing to produce an army, but they have to hire extras and that costs money.
The snakes wouldn't touch him! He survived. He couldn't be killed (says so in the scriptures). If you were a snake, would you bite him? |
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| (13.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Dear Mr. Cornwell, I am totally captivated by the way you write & what you write about! I am a huge fan of knights on horseback, swordfighing & chivalry & am a collector of glaives. I am a signmaker by trade & live on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten....when I get time I make shields from scrap wood & use these to practise my swordsmanship skills. I am currently reading Vagabond & wonder if you have an image/drawing/crest/shield of the "yale" that is on Thomas of Hooktons' bow? If not....I would like to create one for you! The winter King series was just magic to read! Keep up the good work & best regards, Tim
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| A: I don't have one - but I suspect it's easy to find - my source was probably the Oxford Book of Heraldry? I can't remember now, but the yale was one of the stock mythical beasts, so I'm sure there must be an illustration somewhere. Thanks!
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| (14.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Hi Mr Cornwell I was wondering if you have read any of Simon Scarrow's Wellington-Napoleon books? Aside from being fantastic reads, the last in the series 'The Fields of Death' features a brief scene with our favourite Rifleman...: ''...when a major of the 95th came panting up the slope clutching a leather satchel. Unusually for an officer, the major carried a rifle like his men, and he nodded a salute as he handed the satchel to Alten. 'Here, sir. We found this on the body of a French colonel.' 'What is it, Richard?' Alten asked...'' I loved this and later, while looking at Mr Scarrow's website, the Sharpe appearance was mentioned. He said that he was glad it had been spotted, and added "We (historical novelists) all owe Bernard a huge debt in helping to popularise the genre so that it is as successful as it is today." High praise and highly justified! I know you yourself are a fan of his work - was this something he asked about, or did Sharpe just decide to go and show up in somebody else's book?!
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| A: Sharpe just decided, but Simon did ask if it was okay, and it was. And is!
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| (15.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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Q: Hello, Bernard, after finally completing your Sharpe books which was enjoyable I have found something that interested me. You say that the British Army were a group of criminals generally, so if that was the case did they murder each other? And did the British Officers really get fragged on the battle field? How did the British Officers treat the rankings? I understand that senior NCOs were generally respected despite being lower class?
Final thing after Sharpe's Siege, I noticed Colonel Elphinstone on how you portrayed him as somebody Sharpe respected and trusted. I take it he was a good colonel but the worst general ever? The afghan retreat comes to mind where his all army got massacred... Perhaps you could do a novel on it? Would be very intriguing coming from you, twisting facts with fiction and stuff... Perhaps an old Sharpe character can be a main character, such as Weller? Sorry for the bombardment with questions but its very interesting to me, and I can't find much information on how the British Army treat each other on the internet!
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A: The army certainly contained criminals - some magistrates offered the choice - enlist or go to jail. The other ranks, of course, were a mixture - some wonderfully responsible men (like Rifleman Harris whose diaries are so fascinating), and others were, as Wellington put it, 'the scum of the earth', but he went on to say what wonderful soldiers they were. Why? Because they were subjected to discipline, and were led to victory, and had very high morale. And yes, officers were 'fragged' - the earliest mention I can find was in Marlborough's army, a hundred years before, so I'm sure that a really unpopular officer could be assassinated in the chaos of battle. The methods of war change, but men don't.
I'll think on it! But no promises.
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| (16.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Thank you so much for writing The Saxon Stories, The Grail Quest and the Arthur series. These books really let you immerse yourself in the time and escape from the real world. My question is about Uhtred. I read an article the other day about there being an actual Uhtred of Northumbria (http://www.historytimes.com/fresh-perspectives-in-history/dark-ages-history/698-uhtred-lord-of-northumbria). I can see some parallels between the two and was wondering if these were the same Uhtred. I hope that's not the case as I can't imagine our Uhtred sharing the same fate. I don't believe Uhtred of Bebbanburg would lead his men in unarmed to a king known for killing people he didn't trust. He did serve under the sly Alfred for so many years! Thanks again for the wonderful stories with all the history built in! Jeff Brockway
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| A: The family name was Uhtred (and still is),and we know a great deal about the Uhtred mentioned in the article you sent (thanks for that!). We know very little about the Uhtred whom I write about (and who is my direct ancestor). I can't say I modelled mine on the later Uhtred, but I'm sure there are similarities, and yes, mine wouldn't have fallen into that trap!
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| (17.) Posting Date: 23 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: I'm in the midst of finishing "Excalibur", but I have a question; do you have any plans on writing a short story on Derfel's later life, possibly? I think the Warlord Trilogy is excellent. The characters, the political intrigue and your humanical versions of Lancelot, Arthur, Merlin and Guinevere were quite good! I also was interested to read that you had reincarnated - so to speak - characters like Derfel that were lost over the years. - Chris
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| A: I don't, but.....never say never! |
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| (18.) Posting Date: 19 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Dear Mr. Cornwell...I have read most of your books and thoroughly enjoy them. One thing, however, that I have notices throughout is the tendency to present Clergy as hypocritical or even vile. As a clergyman myself committed to helping others I wince a little at the behavior and activity of those characters. I am fully aware that history reveals such tendencies in some, but it would be really refreshing to read about a clergyman who was dependable, honest and thoroughly likable. Just a thought...
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| A: Hey! How about Father Pyrlig? Beocca? Brother Clement? I give you good Christians and bad. There were some ghastly clerics, really horrible people! But I do try to be balanced |
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| (19.) Posting Date: 19 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: Hi, my name is Matheus, and I am writing from Brasil. I would like to know if the phrase "Wyrd bid ful araed" is writen in Danish or an older dialect. I'm realy enjoing Uhtred, but I think he must chose his real "side" until the end! sorry about my limited english.
Matheus Siqueira
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| A: It's English! But the English spoken in Uhtred's time, which these days we call Old English. But it is still English. The quotation is from an Old English poem, 'The Wanderer' |
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| (20.) Posting Date: 19 Jul, 2010 |
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| Q: hi I'm 16 and live in the UK. I try to read all your books, and I love every one I have read. I think that my favorites are the books about Uhtred, they are amazing!!! I have three questions tho 1) Are these going to be made into films or any of your other books besides the Sharpe series? 2) how many more books are there going to be in the saxon stories about Uhtred ?(I hope they never stop) 3) are there going to be any more books in the grail quest? I look forward to your reply and hope that you never stop writing. ps the Burning Land was amazing! from Jak.L
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| A: Hi Jak! Thanks for your message. Let's see...no films at the moment; at least a few more Uhtred books (not sure exactly how many there will be); and probably no more Grail Quest books (but never say never!). Glad to hear you like my books! |
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