Your Questions

Dear Mr Cornwell, I really enjoyed reading the french edition of your excellent book «the last Kingdom», do you have any idea of when the 2 new books of this fantastic story are to be released in their french version ? I am able to read easily in English, but I'm afraid I would lost a lot of your writing as it is so rich than it becomes hard for me to read it in its original version. my very best regards. Franck Edet

Hello Mr. Cornwell, I'm very sorry to bug you again and if I become some what of a pest kindly let me know. This kind of strange question and if don't answer it will understand. What is the best way to write a love (sex) scene? I mean what do focus on? (How they felt, how they undressed each other what?) Like I said it strange question and if feels weird ignore it.

2nd I heard a lot about the book Rifles and was looking for an x-mass gift for my uncle, he loves Sharpe and all your work. He could quote it in his sleep. (on our hunting trip he did!) Do you it's a good gift? Thanks for time sir, don't stop writing the world would be not the same place! P.S. Have thought of writing 1st person Sharpe book like memoir?
Adam Azzalino

Dear Bernard, In regards to future novels you write you mentioned another book set in the American Revolution - can you give a clue on what it would be about and have you ever thought about writing about Tarleton and his campaigns he does have very Sharpe like qualities about (Could they ever meet??) him ?

Also in regards to the Sharpe novels the later books (in the chronology) Sharpe is not very much around the real life action Only at the end of Regiment is he at Nieville and at the begining of Revenge at Tolouese and the rest is mainly fictonal battles. I was always curious if that was a conscious descision if due to the state of Soult's army simply being beaten veterans and teenage conscripts being a poor foe for Sharpe ??? And if you tour next year is there a chance you might be in Chester or that Uhtred might find himself in the Northwest (as opposed to the North East).

Finally do you know any good books on the British actions at Santo Domingo which occupied lots of troops at the start of the Napoleonic wars??? P.S Its old but Alfred Burne's Battlefields of Britain is still a great read if you have not read it and are looking for something over Xmas to read. Regards Geraint

Dear Bernard, Just one question is the settings of Sharpe's Devil in Valdivia, Chile real or fictional? Or have they ever existed? Have you ever been there? There's no short way of explaining this, but I'll try to be brief. In the case of time shortage, feel free to stop reading, the important question has been asked. I heard your name for the first time 3 weeks ago. I'm a Chilean born Taiwanese (weird as it sounds), and I've been living and studying in London for the last 3 years, lately and for the first time since I arrived I felt homesick, and sick of the city.One day I was doing my weekly food shopping when I came across a book abandoned in a bench with a yellow post-it over it with the word "anybody's" writen in it, the rest you can imagine, SHARPE'S DEVIL bold and gold, BERNARD CORNWELL bold and white and an ilustration of the Chilean independance war in the cover. Anyway, I don't believe in coincidences, especially this kind, I got hold of my flight home and I'm determined to get to Valdivia as soon as posible, sounds nuts but if I don't go I'll never know the reason of this event, and I'll regret. So, I wonder if the places you mentioned or described exist... maybe with a different name or ever existed. If they do, I guess my backpacking route was already traced. Thanks a lot, for provoking this little adventure in search for the unknown. And by the way, your book is going to remain in Chile, where it may trigger another chain of events to an anonymous person. Regards Kris

Mr. Cornwell, I have just finished reading the Grail Series and I truly enjoyed it. I was given the book Vagabond as a gift awhile back but never bothered to read it until last month. After I finished reading it, I had to get the other two books in the series and they were all great books. I don't read many books but I love medieval warfare. Please let me know of any other books you have written that deal with this time period and that you feel I would enjoy reading. As I said before, I'm not a big reader and I am not familiar with too many authors by name, so you may be my one and only favorite author. Please write back. Steven P.S. Whatever happened to Thomas's first love Jeanette? Stephen Sajle Jr.

Sir, Will the Sharpe's series ever be reissued in hardback form as a collection much as other popular authors' books have been in the past? I would very much like to see such a thing in the near future. My regards, Fred Marra

Hello Bernard, Thank you so much for all your books! I have read virtually every thing you have written and thoroughly enjoyed everything I have read. Quick question: In Copperhead there is a French Chasseur, of mixed parentage French/English, who's Father was an English Rifleman, and was named for his fathers best friend and Irishman called Patrick. I forget but I'm sure there was more but anyway to the question, is he actually supposed to be Sharpe's son or is it just an in joke? Sam Allen

Hi, I've just finished reading Gallows Thief, as usuall a very good novel, it's one that you have to read again and again. Will Rider Sandman have other adventures to go on?many thanks. Rob Stewart

Thank you for some of the most entertaining books I have ever found. My favourite reading is the arthur,saxon, & grail quest series. So my question is, when can I expect the next in the saxon series?. Having just finished Lords of the north I hope it is not too long coming!. Regards John Wingfield.

dear Mr.Cornwell I started reading your books with the holy grail series and thought they where fantastic, I then moved onto the stories of Uhtred which I also loved and was wondering if there will be any more stories of Uhtred? thankyou for your wonderful books. Marc

hi,enjoying your books,1 question when will Uhtred ride again and when the films will be made? lord of rings pales into insignificance by the way.thankyou for your time.Doug

hi, first of all thanks for all the great books. they really are great escapism. My question was if you had a release date for the next book in the saxon series, after " the Lords of the North"? Because I was wondering if it would be released by christmas?. Keep up the good work! thanks and regards Luke Gibson ( Australia)

Thank you for many years of enjoyment I have had reading all your books (one collection that I will not be getting rude off) I have just finished your latest saxon series (The Lords of the North)and like most of your series cannot wait till the next one. The question I like to ask you is this, are you planning to do one more book for Uhtred or is there going to be more? I wish you all the best and eagerly wait your next novel. Kevin Harland

Excellent news about the 4th Saxon book coming out so soon, I had heard, and I was dreading haveing to wait so long (had been told October07) before it would be out and I would have forgotten a lot of detail by then, mind you, good excuse to re-read them over another bottle of Whisky or Brandy (Vintage Saxon of course hehe) Have you decided on the title of it yet? Happy yule by the way. Dave.
hello I am wondering if the saxon stories will end with lords of the north or if you plan to continue the stories after that? Dan

G'DAY BRENDON HERE,I ENJOYING YOUR BOOKS SO MUCH I AM STARTING TO COLLECT THEM,.COULD YOU TELL ME IS SHARPE'S WATERLOO IS GOING TO DVD? KEEP UP THE GOOD WRITNG.