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Good day Sir Bernard Cornwell!

I'm Kevin from the Philippines. I'll be honest. 1356 and The Fort are your only books i have read so far. I got those from a bookshop which only sells second-hand books. Regular bookshops don't have your books, unfortunately. I liked 1356 and The Fort and so I started collecting your books but I can only buy at this particular bookshop. Finding your books is like a game of luck for me. Until now, I haven't yet completed any of the series, but I hope in time I will. I won't make this long. Best of luck!

 

Hi Mr Cornwell,

I have almost finished Death of a King and the storyline of the Saxon stories is just getting better and better. Uhtred is becoming more and more interesting. His insights have deepened, his grasp of life as well. Reading his adventures is so enjoyable! I have a couple of humble thoughts I would like to share  about Uhtred and my life as women in the 21st century. I worked in startup in London for 18 months and lived it because the founders were puritans and I couldn't stand it. I admire them, and they achieved a lot, but I couldn't stand the lifestyle they were embodying. I felt like Uhtred at Alfred's court many times. The meetings I had with them built on the same patterns but instead of monks, they had "experts" and "seniors" and "data analysts" :)  I have started to read historical books about the early Middle Age because to some extent it reminds me of what's happening in the technology and startup world in which I evolve at the moment. It is still the chaos of the very beginning, especially in Europe. I don't know if my thinking will get me far in my career, but at least I enjoy the ride that way :)  Your books, which I read in parallel of the older "Les Rois Maudits", also help me to understand better institutions such as the State and laws, and the privilege I have of living in a time with no wars in Europe, and lots of physical safety, if not spiritual... I can see the greed at work, I can see the economic war that's raging out there now, but at least as a woman I am mostly safe and free. And I appreciate it even more thanks to Uhtred. Thanks a lot for this enlightening and fascinating journey to the birth of the English kingdom in the 9th century! So good to have both sides, Danes and English, pagans and christians,  and thanks so much for this brilliant pagan hero!

Best regards,

Anne-Catherine

Dear Mr Cornwell,

please, please write another book about Nate, you can't let Billy Blythe get away with what he's done and is Nate going to go back and court Julia. I know he'll have to fight again but he's had a long enough rest now. I love your books. I have read all the Sharpe novels over and over, I also love the Uhtred books and hope he manages to retake Bebamburg before he's too old to appreciate it. I know you have such demanding fans as myself but it's the price you pay for being such a damn good writer, in fact in my opinion,  the best.

Sue Casey

I discovered you only a few years ago and since then I've been devouring everything I can find by you.  I'm about to finish Bloody Ground and am quite disappointed that here the story ends.  More Nate please.

Ted Forte

I just finished reading The Fort. It began with a visit to my island in Penobscot Bay then known as the Fox Islands. The British came ashore on the western side of a cove on the north island. It was here in the inside of this cove that my great grandfather lived. He was Captain Banks and I am not sure if he was on land or off at sea. The people who lived on the western side of the Cove where the ones that the British saw.. So I would like to thank you for a great read.

Janet  Leadbetter

I'm reading your books of the saxon cronic.  I'm reading the 4 book sword song and i liked it very much.Thanks for it

Pedro Leão

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

I have read the entire Kingdom series, every book.  Also Agincourt and the Sharp series on dvd played by Sean Bean.  Do I love your books.  Oh yes!  And today I received an email from Netflix telling me about a new series.  I read the description and I said to myself this has to be based BC's books!  So, I begin Season 1, Episode 1 and lo and behold I read among the credits "based on the books by....."  You cannot imagine my joy!  I just read the last one recently. I am an old bird, Mr. C.  Going on 70 and I love history and I adore your books.  I am a very happy lady.  And then I googled the show and found out a second season is due to be released this year.  It won't make it to Netflix until next year at the earliest, but so what.  A wonderful thing to look forward to.  What more can one ask for:  Game of Thrones and your books come to life.

 

Oh, and after I read your Agincourt, I took your recommendation and bought the one by Juliet Barker.  Fantastic.

 

Ok, the show has begun and I will be able to binge watch all 8 episodes in two sittings.  Oh Joy!

 

Thank you!

Vicki

I second the request for a Starbuck revival. I so looked forward to the next book in the series. So much material there. The story was so well developed. The background, the action: I was right there: the smell of the battle, the images. You must still have manuscript/research material left? There's been a lot of water under the bridge since the last book was published. The Battle of the Wilderness, Murfreesboro, etc.For the last 20 years I've longed to urge you to complete this series. At last, a forum!

Philip Brumder

Poor Nate has been stuck in a deep freeze somewhere since your 4th book.  Hopefully Nate will be taken out and thawed out to finish the Civil War and then do like so many of his real contemporaries by being an instrumental part in the migration West.  I would be happy if he does the move West either in the US Army or as a civilian, but please do dust him off because he is one of your most entertain writings. Your readers are looking forward to seeing Nate in a TV series.  Can't be too soon.

Randy Edwards

Mr Cornwell

My name is Ruben Baes, 30 years old. I studied at the university of Ghent, Belgium and graduated as a historian. Needless to say i like to read historic novels. So I quickly discovered your novels about 15 years ago. Among my favorites are the novels about Azincourt, Crécy, the Uhtred chronicles and I was particularly fond of The Fort.

Besides your novels I really like to read Patrick O'Brians Aubrey-Maturin series. "The last unfinished voyage of Jack Aubrey", published in 2004 was the last of it's kind. In my humble opinion I can think of only one writer to fill the vacuum. I'm not trying to slip you an idea but I can only hope you already have something in store for us. When we read about Uhtred we feel steel and dirt, perhaps in the future you can let us taste salt en feel the wind of a brisk northwestern.

I only want to add that i really enjoy your novels and I suggest them to my friends and family. I'm looking forward to the next installment of Uhtreds tale in octobre and although i feel the end of the series is nearing, I hope we'll see him again in 2017.

Kind regards from rainy Belgium

Ruben