Sir, I would just like to thank you for the pleasure that you have given me over the past years with your publications. Long may they continue. K Regards. Stix.
Have enjoyed all the Sharpe books that I have been able to get my hands on, still have some to go. Have just re-read the Starbuck books ..... please let him march again soon. Ray Rosendale
Hi Bernard Cornwell, I love reading your books although I read only Vagabond and now I'm reading Heretic. Anyway I love Thomas Vexille's adventures and he is now my hero (smile). Keep with your good job. >From your Brazilian fan, Pedro.
Dear Mr Cornwell No need to respond but I would like to make a comment about the inevitable comparison between the Sharpe series and the Starbuck Chronicles. I'm a great fan of both but Richard Sharpe has never suffered defeat(possibly "Rifles" apart). Starbuck, by contrast, having hitched his wagon to the Southern Star, is doomed to ultimate capitulation. I imagine that the paradox that any writer who bases novels in the War between the States faces is that any discerning reader will have split sympathies. Admiration for the courageous, outnumbered, innovative but morally ambiguous South and the industrially and numerically superior, morally correct but initially incompetent North. I am looking forward to reading how you manage that in the subsequent Starbuck novels. In the meantime, thank you for two thoroughly entertaining and educational series. Keith Harris, Retford, NOTTS.
Dear Mr Cornwell thank you for all the reading pleasure you have given me over the years. Regards Ken Davies
To begin sir, applause. The Starbuck Chronicles simply have to be one of the best, and relatively unnoticed and wrongfully unrecognized fictional books about the civil war to date. Your research is spot on, the characters, good or bad, are always interesting and even the language, clothing and political points of view of the times are too accurate. Your truly bring this period to life with your work and I (although I'm sure you've heard this many times) can't wait for more. I was truly saddened to learn there was not a fifth book to be read. The story is simply inspiring. Take care and continue to create...Jeff Wahl
Dear Mr. Cornwell, I am currently reading through the entire Sharpe series for the second time. Not since I was a child and read Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tolkien have I been more emotionally attached to a character. I am grateful to you for such compelling storytelling as well as the rich insight in to British military service during that time. I appreciate your gifts. Be well, Duncan Corley Scottsdale, Arizona
Hello Mr. Cornwell Some of us readers (including myself) have asked about historical novels relating to other periods and geography, so I was glad to see your recommendation of Conn Iggulden. I am definitely going to check out his Genghis Khan era novel. If I may, I would like to recommend Moshe Shamir's "King of the Flesh and Blood" dealing with the last Jewish kingdom of the 1st century B.C, and "David's Stranger" (a.k.a "The Hitite Must Die") dealing with king David's era. I cannot vouch for any of the English translators, since I read these in the original Hebrew , but the stories are powerful. On another note: I just finished the three Indian stories in the Sharpe's series, and I now see how all three are molded into the "Sharpe's Challenge" TV movie. Pity poor Sgt. Bikkerstaff had to take the role of the villain , due to the the movie being set in a time post Hakeswill's demise in "Sharpe's Enemy".
Tal Mor
Thank you for creating some most memorable characters in your novels. I discovered the Sharpe books years ago and when I finished them, I found "Arthur" and the "Saxon" books. It is comforting to be able to turn off the news channels"talking Heads" on the tube each night (before my blood pressure rises), and instead, enjoy the times of Sharpe, Sgt Harper, Arthur and Merlin, Uhtred and Alfred the Great...etc. Again, thank you for the many hours of enjoyment you have provided. All the best to you and your family. Michael Simms
I would just like to say what friendly web site you have. It gives an insight into a author that clearly cares about his fans. I very much enjoy your books no matter what the setting (but I would like to see some closure to Starbuck's story!). Thanks for the pleasure you have brought me on my 'sun and sand' holidays for many many years.
Steven Sharp