Your Questions

Hi Bernard I apologise if this has been asked before but I have just read that further Sharpe TV episodes are in the offering, going back to India? True or False? Matt

Dear Mr Cornwell, I was just wondering whether you knew why films were never made of the first 3 Sharpe books when he is in India. I think they would have made fantastic films! David Hart

Hello Mr. Cornwell! I am a great fan of your Sharpe series. There is just one question on my mind. What happens to Mary Bickerstaff in "Sharpe's Tiger"? Frank

Bernard, I have just finished The Last Kingdom, what a great book, I can't wait to read the rest. My question, you said that you were related to the people at Bamburgh, did you find research that far back difficult? My surname is unusual and is believed to be mentioned in a form in the Anglo Saxon chronicle, what are my real chances of getting back that far? Thank you again for your books they are great, Billy Hounsome

Just read the advance readers version of your latest book. Haven't read anything as good since "Below the Salt". Hope to see more soon . Have read many other historicals with shield Wall battle scenes but you put us there in the wall and the tactics of the wall are inspired and exhilarating. Stole my copy from a book store, how do I get on the advance readers list? Tim Gunning

First of all, I'm a big fan etc. etc. Getting to the question faster - you mentioned that you will write more Sharpe books, given that, I am finding a hard time imagining a timeframe for the next on - it seems as if you've covered almost every period in his life in all the books, where will you get the material from ? Post Sharpe's Devil ? Maybe make him an old, fat general ? Secondly, is there a general time frame for the next book's release ? 2005, 2006 ? Evgueni Tikhonov

Bernard I have read all of your Sharpe and Nate Starbuck books and greatly enjoyed them all. My questions are - is there a new Sharpe book due out and are you going to finish off the Starbuck Chronicles as I found them excellent and and am always eyeing book stores for your latest addition. many thanks, Scott Last

Dear Sir I would like to know when your next Sharpe's book will be coming out and what will be the title of the book. thank you for your time T.D.Young I

Dear Bernard, is the translation that you use for the latin phrase odi at amo excrucior which you use in Excalibur to describe kArthur the correct one? Thank you - I can't wait for the next Sharpe book. Lee

Any chance of a series on a figure like Brian Boru or possibly even Finn MaCool? I just finished The Grail Quest, Stonehenge and The Arthur Books and I just can't get enough of these types of tales. Congratulations, and thank you. You're the best at what you do. Prior to reading your books, if someone told me you'd supplant Morgan Llywellyn and Mary Stewart as my favorite authors, I'd have called them crazy. Brett P. Morrical

Dear Mr Cornwell, Firstly, I don't mean to offend you with this question, it really is meant sincerely! Do you think that writing so many books with a violent theme has affected your personality? Has it made you feel more violent (maybe on the inside) having to get into the mindset of Sharpe and so many other characters, good and bad, which you do so very well! May I ask, did you experince violence in the past, for example have you been in the army? As I noticed with myself, reading all your Sharpe books it has made me myself feel a more violent person than I was before, which scares me! Timothy

Dear Mr Cornwell, I am in the process of reading Redcoat -an excellent book! I particularly like Vane's transformation from nice guy to villian. I was wondering, what regiments were Vane, Sam et al in? Also, in Sharpe there are constant references to the "Horse Guards" that seem to run the army. Do you mean the Regiment The Royal Horse Guards, aka "The Blues" (where the modern blues and royals come from) were in control of the army? One Regiment in charge of others? Would that have led to bias? Also, why do your characters not hold the cavalry in very high esteem, did the cavalry feel the same about the infantry? Yours, with best wishes, Mickey O'Donohoe

Hi Mr. Cornwell. I recently have finished my readings over The Grail Quest, and I can tell you right away, this was the best book I´ve ever read ( otherwise, I wouldn´t be here). I didn´t read it like a "book", it was almost like a movie going by. And that´s my point: I´m from Brazil, and I´m beginning my writer career as a playwriter, music writer and poet. I´m developing a new project, which is a script for a movie (short length, I don´t know how to write this word). So, I would like to know if there´s any project of adaptation to these books to the big screen? Because I´m dreaming (literally) for a couple of weeks (the day I´ve finish my readings) to tell you how I would like to be part of such a project. I don´t know if you sold the rights to the books for any movie company, did you? Whatever, thanks for the time (for trying hard to understand these words) and above all else, thank you for the books. As I´ve said before, I felt in love with all the pages and all the characters and I´ve share with them all their emotions. It was the first book I´ve read that really took me up to another level. Words cannot describe what it meant to me. I´m not trying to be ambitious, but we could write a hell of a script to the movie industry. Does it ever past by your head? Thanks once again, best regards, Tiago