Dear Sir, I always enjoy your novels and and purchase them as soon as they are published. Do you have any plans to return to the American Civil War? I am sure your publishers keep you busy with the 'Sharpe' books as the are very popular but i found the Starbuck novels as good if not better. Many thanks Noel Andrews
Mr. Cornwell, I am just adding my voice to other requests for another Starbuck novel. Your series offers a compelling, historically-based view of the American Civil War, as opposed to the alternate history fictions that are so common. You have created a very interesting world of characters that I would like to know more about. I hope you find the time and inclination to add to the Starbuck series. Thank you for the enjoyment your books provide. Best regards, Rick Frattali Baltimore, Maryland
Dear BC, I have wrote to you a couple of times in the past, and again would like to thank you for the on going entertainment you provide. I'm glad to see Sean Bean is involved in the making of another tv Sharpe, but they pale in comparison to the books. By an approximate count, you get over 10 enquires per month on this website asking when you will revive Starbuck from his decade of rest, and I was overjoyed to see that you're finally having thoughts on the idea. I love the Sharpe series - it was what introduced me to your writing, but somehow I enjoy the Starbuck series more, I think it is because the books are almost twice the length and more involved. You plan to wake Starbuck after Sharpe, but with so much potential for more Sharpe stories, will this ever happen in your lifetime, or - if I make it to heaven will I have to stalk you around the place because you never wrote a fifth Starbuck? Thanks for taking the time to reply. Michael Campbell
I've always thought the American Civil War, like the English, a very interesting period and after a visit to Maryland a couple of years ago began reading more about it. I am currently reading the last of the Starbuck Chronicles and have found these books compulsively readable: sympathetic characters, brilliant action sequences, unpredictable plotting. May I add my voice to other readers who have urged a return to this series! Giles
....In regards to the next Starbuck book you have said in previous posts that the next book will be about Fredricksburg and cause there is a huge gap between that and Chancerlorsville could Starbuck make an apparence at Stones River. Frericksburg was so one sided it was more a slaughter than a fight while SR was a stand up battle....Tony