Your Questions

i have enjoyed all the sharpe books over the years,and would like to know if there are going to be any more after Sharpe's Escape? Andrew Stenson

I've just finished reading the Starbuck Chronicles and was wondering as is said in the last one of these books produced there is to be another book, I would like to know when this book will be published and what it is called so I can buy it. Please say when it will. Thanks.
Duncan Farley

Dear Mr Cornwell, thankyou for replying to my earlier questions, this time I'm wondering if you have ever considered writing books on general Wolfe? He is my all time hero (military hero) and I would love to se a book based on him, or a soldier under him, at the fall of Quebec or anotherof his battles. I've also taken an interest to the navy around the C18th and C19th, and was wondering if you had read any novels around this time, or if you recomend some. The ones I have thought about are the series by Patrick O'Brien, Alexander Kent, and another writer who I can't for the life of me remember the name of. Will

Sir: I have just started watching the "TV" series on the History channel in our area as well as reading 13 of your books about Sharpe. I found Sharpe's Waterloo very interesting but am disappointed the next story takes place 5 years later. Can you tell me why Sharpe is never given an actual battalion of his own and why his commanding officers are always so incompetent? Will you in the future give him actual command? I also enjoy the historical notes you add at the end of the books . Please keep on writing. Sincerely D. Amadatsu

I know that ideas for future books are advised against BUT... I'm half way through the Sharpe Books and am anticipating Sharpe Withdrawl when I'm finished. Okay, here it goes: What about a book on Patrick Harper from his entry into the British Army until he meets Sharpe? Guy E. Orr

Any chance you'll ever be coming to the San Antonio area for a book-signing? Also, I teach Oral Interpretation at a local univeristy and was wondering if you've ever done any interpretive readings of any of your works which might be available on video? Have found all the books to be entertaining -keep it up! Richard West

I think I have probably read everything you've published and look forward to many more books. I am an advanced collector of Canadian Army Cap Badges and a half a century ago, was a junior officer in the Canadian Army. Nearly every book of the Sharpe series, except when he was a new officer, contains what I believe to be an error. Gasp! You don't make many of them. He is frequently referred to by his men as "Mr Sharpe". I was taught....and learned the lesson the hard way...that only officers below the rank of captain and Sergeant-Majors are referred to as " Mister" (and Officer Cadets) The correct term for an officer above the rank of Lieutenant is the Rank, followed by the name (e.g. Captain Cornwell) and when face to face the suborinate always address an officer as "Sir" and never by rank. The exception is when he is calling to him and the rank and name is always followed by the word "{Sir"...e.g. Captain Cornwell, Sir" I once heard a recruit address an officer by his rank with no name and it cost him a week of C.B. Please stop calling Captain (and above) Sharpe as "Mister" Regards, Lorne Newson

Dear Mr Cornwell, After reading your excellent "Archer" series, I wondered if you had ever considered writing a story set during the English Wars of the Roses? It was such an unstable, exciting, violent period - it has always seemed to me to be crying out for someone to write a good series of books based then. Robert Courts

Hi Bernard - I've been waiting for a while to see how Sharpe will respond to the Rifle training. I'm interested in his reaction to the green coats, the new culture of a different kind of fighting and discipline which arises from a new kind of weapon. This is clearly where he finds his metier as a soldier. You've said a couple of times that you don't plan to go back in time again, does this mean that you don't plan to write this story? I'd love to see it written, as it feels to me like a missing piece of the jigsaw of who Sharpe is. Do I also remember Sharpe losing the last of the Tippoo's jewels to a woman (of course)? Memory says it was a schoolmistress at Dover, but it was just one line I read some time ago... This is a really good site. Thank you! Anne

Dear Sir, I just wanted to thankyou for hours of terrific reading in the Sharpe series. I have finished the series and I am reading it again. Do you know of any other books that are like the Sharpe series but about a Frenchman? Thankyou again Sir, for the countless hours of enjoyment Sean Gooley