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Just wanted to say thanks for the Sharpe series and the Warlord series, (including Stonehenge) I enjoy reading them and get a lot of inspiration and ideas from your books, hopefully you be coming to a book tour in North of England, many thanks, Mr Ashley Crook

Dear Mr Cornwell, please can you tell me if you are going to tour the UK and visit Windsor again to promote your new book A Crowning Mercy. I saw you at Windsor last year and had a very enjoyable evening. David Dean

Hi Bernard, Just emailing you to thank you for your great books, I work in fairly responsible job and rely on your books to take me to another place where I can relax and not think about work and other stresses in life and your books certain do this. David Jacob

Hi Mr. Cornwell, In my opinion you rate among the greatest historical novelists of all time. The Sharpe series have been produced into a magnificent series of TV programmes, can I ask if there are, or will be, any plans to make any of your other books into movies or television series? I think the Grail Quest stories are crying out to be filmed as are the Warlord (Arthur) books. If they were filmed I'm sure they would rival if not beat the "Lord of the Ring" films. Anyway that's my opinion and hope to see these wonderful books transformed into screenplays and on the screen soon. Alan Watkins

I am Brazilian. Here in Brasil, the book reading is not habit of the people. So, I am part of a restricted group. I adore its books and I wait with anxiety of the "Heretic" in Brazil. I read three books told for Derfel in three days. Congratulations for its talent. Alexandre Aboud

Dear Bernard....a word of thanks. I'm struggling through the final placement of my PGCE course, trawling through endless lesson plans and worksheets, and just wanted to say that the occasional pip at you website pumps a bit of life back into my sorry hide! Can't waith to read The Last Kingdom, and frankly, I'm a bit gutted that the next installement will take a coupla years to get to the shelf! Keep up the good work and take no prisoners. Owe Phillips

My interest in Sharpe (probably like many others) was first stirred in the series on televison. At the time I was a serving soldier in N.I and it was a must see event for everyone on camp! My brother was a fan of the books and suggested I would get more satisfaction from reading them. I have to say, when one of the books is in my hands, they are very hard to put down. As I work in Australia now and fly around quite frequently, people ask me for the best advice on long haul flights, it's simple, buy a Sharpe book!

I found Sharpe's Escape excellent and look forward to the next adventure.

Regards
Darren Wearmouth

p.s at some stage I would probably like you to sign one of the books I own, so if you could detail the requirements, I will happily oblige.

Hi Mr Cornwell, I'd just like to say in addition to the subject of politics which was recently mentioned that the book Napoleon and Wellington by Andrew Robertson (which I recommend if you haven't read it) has some information on this subject and is an interesting read altogether. The government at the time was Tory government at the time and I learned from the above book that they tended to support Wellington and the war. I believe the Prime Minister Lord Liverpool, elected in 1812 after the murder of Spencer Perceval, was particularly supportive. As for the Whigs, I was quite shocked to discover that many of them - including high ranking members of society such as the Duchess of Devonshire - actively supported Napoleon's cause and had supported the French revolution. Yet it's families like the Devonshires who would have the most to lose if there had been a revolution in Britain at the time! Other points raised by the book were that Napoleon abandoned Spain to his Generals without seeing the job through, a factor which contributed to his eventual defeat, and later his Russian campaign just seems ridiculous! Incidentally the point made at the end of the book interested me - that although Wellington won it's Napoleon's dream of a united Europe which is coming true - but I hope Britain remains independent! I have just finished Emperor: The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden, endorsed by you, and I really enjoyed it . I'm looking forward to future books. Marie

Have just read your "questions" page, and in answer to David Neill - posted 4 Jun 04 - at the end of "Sharpe's Siege" Major Sharpe surrendered to and American sea captain by the name of "Cornelius Killick", a privateer from Marblehead, and his ship was the "Thuella". I believe it is possible that I have all your books with the exception of "The Last Kingdom" which I look forward to reading, and I yield to no-one in my admiration of your style. If there are any gaps in the "Sharpe" series I join with others beseeching you to fill them. I believe Ryder Sandman deserves another innings as I think he's been bowled out too soon. IMO the best book for turning into a film would be "Redcoat" as this has all the elements of lust, love, jealousy, treachery, adventure and more, and its crying out for a screenplay - I just wish I was talented enough to write it! Thank you, for the third time, for all the pleasure you have given me with your books. David Coote

I have just finished reading Heretic and once again I have been delighted and enthralled by a Bernard Cornwell novel - I live in Scotland and have a very routine 9 - 5 job and reading these books gives me a total escape . I have read all the Sharpe novels, The Grail Quest novels and the Starbuck Chronicles as well as the Arthur books and each one is as good as the last - if not better . These books transport the reader to another time and place full of action and adventure -never mind James Bond I'd rather be a Richard Sharpe or a Nat. Starbuck or even a Thomas of Hookton. I look forward to your next load of novels - keep up the good work. Regards. Alan Scott

First of all i thought you would like to know that my entire family are reading your Sharpe novels at the moment. And it's not likely that we'll stop in the near future, as we are each one book ahead of the other, so we must make sure the book is finished for the next person! We also have every novel (except one) from the Sharpe collection, including Christmas and Skirmish, and all 20 odd take a while to get through! But we enjoy them a lot. I just wanted to know whether you knew of a date for the paperback version of Sharpe's Escape, it's the only one we don't have! Thank you Adam