Your Questions

Mr Cornwell, would you delight me and many many readers by writing a novel of Sharpe in CHINA in the 19th Century, please? It's topical! Many thanks. Robert Dunn.

The Sharpe series was great but is there any attempt to finish the Starbuck Series? All my Civil War buddies and I are waiting. Thank you for good reading!
Sondra McElhinney

Dear Mr. Cornwell, I am currently reading Sharpe's Fury and after reading the rest of the series before it I'm as ever enthralled in the book. I was just wondering if there would be anymore Sharpe books to come? They are utterly amazing and a fantastic read. I really hope that you don't let Sharpe hang up his sword. I'm planning to read the Starbuck Chronicles next and I hope they're just as good. Keep up the brilliant writing. Darrell Knight, Northumberland, UK

Hi, I just finished reading Sharpe's Fury. I think it was absolutely brilliant Mr Cornwell. I was just wondering when the next Sharpe book will be and what campaign it will be based upon?

Also, I wondered what happened to Sweet William after he went to the USA? thanks, a devoted reader, Liam Reynolds

Hornblower fan,just found Sharpe.I can't put them down.I felt strongly enough about your writing to ask you if world war one as a topic ever crossed your desk. I think it deserves and begs your pen! Thankyou...Jim

Mr.Cornwell, why are your characters(Sharpe,Uhtred.Ragnar[Father]) are So much Stressed? John Axe, from Brazil.Keep up the excellent writing!

I discovered the Sharpe TV series and watched them all. Fell in love with Sharpe. Now I'm about to start reading the books. Do you like what they did with the series on British television? Do you feel that Sean Bean portrayed Sharpe as you envisioned him?
Debbie

Dear Bernard You have written about the Saxon invasions and now the Viking invasions but I wondered if you will ever write about the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings. You are Britain's top historical writer and it could be argued those two battles are the most important in our history. And some previous posters have mentioned the English civil wars I have to ask if you did would you write from the Royalist or Roundhead perspective????? And out of the 4 considered top commanders from both sides Fairfax/Cromwell/Rupert and Montrose who in your opinion was best of the bunch????? BTW I have just read and can really recommend Prince Rupert the Last Cavalier by Charles Spencer it really is very good and might tempt you even more to write about that period. All the best Tony

Dear Bernard, I have read and enjoyed every book in your brilliant Sharpe series (as well as most of the others), thanks for writing such a brilliant set of books. However as someone from the north of England there seem to be very few characters in Sharpe from there, any chance of adding one perhaps, you could even use my name, or not. Not a complaint really, just a bit of a shame I feel, you might well disagree, they are your books after all. Also what is your greatest regret in writing the Sharpe books. Warmest regards from a devoted reader, Matthew Hitchen, Lancs.

Dear Mr. Cornwell, Congratulations on the wonderful achievement of the Saxon Stories. My wife and I have both loved them and are eagerly awaiting the next installment. I have been writing on Alfred for years, so it wasn't long before I was saying to myself, Wow! He has done all the research! The rendition of fighting in the shield wall was tremendous, Homeric in intensity, and in my experience unprecedented. If you care to recommend any further reading in the period for us to divert ourselves while waiting for Sword Song, we would appreciate it. Best wishes, Bill C.

Mr. Cornwell I must say youre the only author I have ever been compelled to write to. The first book I ever read of yours was Stonehenge, and then I moved on to The Winter King, Enemy of God and Excalibur. I just finished Lords of the North. Shame on me for not reading the first two but it was the only one on the shelves of the series. It was a good three day read and I am (as usual) disappointed that the story is over (thus far anyway). Was that your clever way (in your authors note) of hinting at another story to come for Uhtred? I hope so& I must compliment you on your intricately written battle scenes. Few writers have had me on the edge of my seat during a written fight scene. Lately I have been wondering if maybe you possess a bit of a psychic streak with certain news articles that have appeared in the last year about villages near Stonehenge and a (Persian?) mummy with a golden eye. Though Nimue wasnt Persian I still found it uncanny. I am a 24 year old aspiring novelist not born, but raised and living in the middle of Alaska since I was two. My first book is being published a chapter at a time on the web. Its a Drama/ Sci-fi. Probably not your reading preference. Though its not mine either so who knows! I prefer historical fiction, mostly from the European area. But I dislike the study that goes along with writing the genre. Why I find astrophysics easier than untangling the web of history I will never know. Some of the other authors I enjoy are Rosalind Miles, (I have read her Guinevere series, which wildly contrast your Arthur series) Margaret George, though Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles has failed to capture my interest, Memoirs of Cleopatra, Mary Called Magdalene and Henry VIII were incredibly written. Perhaps I should save these comments for their authors, though if you have read them, youll understand. Now that I have realized that I am rambling and havent actually presented you with a question I suppose the only thing Im really curious about is this: So far, in the novels I have read you seem to favor the Pagans and the Christian monks/priests are almost always evil in nature but for the one key good guy priest. Arthur converted, or at least entertained the idea. Derfel converted, though it wasnt really a willing submission. I sense that sometime before Uhtred ends his tale he will convert as well but also secretly revel in his memories of the good ol days as Derfel did. Who do you favor? If either& One of your many enthralled readers, S.G. Sea