Your Questions

Hi Bernard,

big fan here.  Just curious though I sadly suspect I know the answer.  Any more tales to come from the world of Derfel and co. in any way, or is the Arthurian tale done being told?

 

Also, just for fun, Uhtred v Derfel, single combat of champions, who wins? :)

 

Thanks for humoring me if you have a change to respond!

 

-Brad

Well there be a sequel to The Bloody Ground? I have read a lot about the civil war and without a doubt your Nate Starbuck series is the most entertaining I have read. Thank you.

JR

Hello, I hope all is well. I am writing to inquire about the Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicals. Although I enjoy the Sharpes series. I loved the civil war setting and would hope that good ole Nate would ride again one day soon. Thanks and have a great weekend!

Ejay Zuspan

 

 

Is there another Sharpe book coming?  We left him as an Ensign in Sharpe's Trafalgar and he appears as a Lieutenant in Sharpe Rifles.

Mitch Roemer

Good Morning Mr Cornwell,

 

I have as many people read the Saxon Chronicles and as many thoroughly enjoyed them. I am English (Geordie) and live not a stones throw away from Bamburgh (bebbanburg) Castle, I am so immersed in your books and the way you describe everything from battle to a quiet spring morning. Only one thing that gets me and it's not really anything to do with you in a way. I've obviously watched the first series on the "Last Kingdom" on the TV and there are one or two things that get me, 1, Uhtred's sword is in his back and not by his side 2, Father Beocca is isn't ugly or does not have a Club foot.

I know these seem silly but do you have any influence on the making of the series and if so would you be able to suggest to correct these as you are the author of these incredible books.

Uhtred is meant to be a large towering man but to be honest the actor who has taken this role does an outstanding job of brining Uhtred to life and wouldn't want him to be recast, they could use camera angles ect to make him look taller.

 

Well I hope you get time to have a look at what I have said, and I hope you manage to write many more excellent books

 

 

Regards

 

Chris Lumsdale

Have you ever thought of giving Midshipman Collier a more prominent part in a future Sharpe story? He's sort of become famous, or should that be infamous, amongst your followers as a Harry Potter like equivalent of the boy that lived. For Voldemort, read Cornwell and a (very) amusing propensity to usually take very young characters, and, as I was delighted in hearing you say at one of your talks, "taking the little b****rds heads off!". Full marks to Mrs Cornwell for saving him - he sort of grows on you.

Andy Green

Dear Mr Cornwell,

in regards to your Sharpe books, from my knowledge it is set in a time period where it wasn't uncommon for officers of one country to have been born in a different country than where they serve.

 

The most egregious example is Napoleon himself, he is a Corsican, who up until the was 12 was part of Italy, so we have an Italian, who becomes leader of France to plunder Italy.

 

My question would be if Sharpe had somehow ended in the french army, what kind of career he would have had there?

R.M.Solea

Hello Mr. Cornwell!

 

I am thoroughly enjoying The Last Kingdom!  I've read your Sharpe books, but this Viking/Saxon history has really grabbed me.  Possibly it's ancestral. I've visited many of the places mentioned, so I can envision your characters in their settings clearly. One of my favorite memories was walking a Roman road in Yorkshire.

 

I designed and rigged all the ships and boats for the Pirates of the Caribbean series of movies.  When I was down in Antigua in 2003, there was a sweet little yacht moored at Nelson's Dockyard.  I was told it was yours.  I was impressed and took a picture of her..

 

Tell me, was it really, or did I fall for someone's fiction? If so, do you still have her? Where do you sail?

 

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series!

Courtney Andersen

Hi Bernard,

Just finished reading Flame Bearer and I am left wondering if there will be another book/s to complete the series.  What happens next with Athelstan and the younger Uhtred?

Kind regards

Tony Lewis

New Zealand

 

I got the impression that, after reading The Flame Bearer, Uhtred, now in bebbanburg still has more to do. Is there another story to come? I really hope so.

regards,

David Tomlinson

 

I recently came across an article claiming that scientists studying cat DNA have found cat remains at a Viking site dating to between the eighth and eleventh century A.D. in northern Germany. It makes sense that since Vikings were sea-faring people, they might have kept cats to control rodents. I could see cats hunting rats on Viking ships that were beached, but perhaps they accompanied their owners on their voyages, too.

 

I'm wondering, did Uhtred have any cats?

Joni Steshko

Mr Cornwell

 

Greetings from a Briton in New Zealand.

 

I would like to heap praise for your books upon you but it all seems a bit lacking to do so to such a great writer. I have been reading your books for many years and they are one of the few things that can totally emerge me; albeit for too shorter time as they are devoured so quickly.

 

I am particularly fond of your Arthur series (as a Welshman and lover of ancient tales) that I read twice back to back when I was younger. I've only ever done that with Tolken so you find yourself in good company.

 

No doubt your books will make it to the screen in good time. I don't think that the Last Kingdom did the books justice at all - poor casting, brushing over the story and a very shallow re-write. I'm not sure where that was supposed to go - a young American audience? I hope you find your way to a better director and screen writer who will do it justice. I always imagines Utred as a bulk of a man with a commanding presence rather than a young lithe guy; more like Rollo from Vikings.

 

This is actually quite important considering the total lack of knowledge on how The Lost Lands (excuse the Welshman) were lost and became England. We learn more from your stories than we ever did at school.

 

Anyway, I should come to the point. I don't usually write to strangers but I promised myself that I would after seeing a TV piece about stone mounds and circles in ancient Britain. The long and short is that they propose the tradition / technology began in Orkney and travelled south eventually arriving at Stonehenge 500 years later. Incredibly interesting.

 

I always thought your Stonehenge book was a bit lonely and could do with some company. It would delight your many fans to see a few prequels - I'm sure you can manage to link things up a bit so they end up in the right place.

 

No doubt that you have a very thorough list of ideas to follow up on but it would be a tragedy to your readers if you missed this particular opportunity. It almost seems like that lonely book has been waiting for the right thread to finish (or start?) the story.

 

Fingers crossed and (hopefully) good luck!!

 

Thank you again.

 

Cheers

Matt