Your Questions

I was wondering if the release date of Sharpe’s Command will change again? The US edition appears to have changed to April 2, 2024. The UK edition still holds at October 10, 2023. Will that change to match the US edition or are you keeping the UK edition in October?

Jack Ashcraft

I have finished The Grail Quest Series, The Fort, Azincourt, Stonehenge, Waterloo and have now read of all of Uhtreds adventures. Sharpe next. I have started reading chronologically, Sharpe’s Tiger and Sharpe’s Triumph. Is this what you would recommend? Or does order of publication flow better. My interest was increased even further when I discovered that an ancestor of mine had served as an officer with Wellesley in India. He married an Indian Princess and sadly, he died while on their way back to Ireland with their many children.

Best regards,

David Cobbe

Not sure if you were responsible for the TV show based on your books, Sharpe but I feel like it'd be super awesome if their was a like new episode based on your newer book

Nikolas Sevy

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

have you considered releasing new editions of Sharpe wherein you correct the continuity errors that have occurred, to make a seamless timeline?  It would be fantastic for him to recall Lady Grace in some of the later peninsular novels where he is alone and frightened. Perhaps you could also flesh out a tiny bit more back story here and there, as you did when you re-wrote Skirmish, e.g Flanders '93 or Portugal '08, that way you wouldn't have to write more short stories.

Thank you very much again for your continued works

Andy

Recently audible took 6 or so books from the Sharpe series out of my library. Was compensated with credits to re-buy the new releases narrated by Rupert Farley. He does a good job. (He is no Fredrick Davidson though)

 

My problem is why did you pull this historical notes at the end of the books? That's what makes the books great. It actually feels like you're learning some history in a fun way. Having heard the book in the original form and now listening to this updated version, I feel cheated of the true art.

 

Thanks,

Derek

I have been like yourself having health issues which have stopped myself from dropping you a line to thank you so very much with the story of Uhtred's adventures which have kept me excitedly looking forward to the last episode of his life it was an excellent story & one I was deeply sad to see brought to it's end the T.V show was equally as good an well acted by the major stars who I was pleased to see waiting for him inside Valhalla's hall. Please can you tell me have you plans to write more only about his son & his adventures which were to follow? I am as ever one of you avid fans with every book you have written standing proudly in my collection of hardback books. If ever you come to Wales I would love to meet you in person over a drink to say thank you for the years of pleasure your books have given me & long may you continue your work.

Graham Nicholson

Was there ever a chance to have Sharpe and Hornblower together in one of your books? I know was going to be a challenge because you know have to deal with the CS Forrester estate.

JC

Hi,

I love history and have read pretty much all of your books. However, my standout favourites are the Starbucks Chronicles (as well as The Fort, the Grail Quest books, Azincourt and 1356). I’d been hoping you may pick them up after concluding the Uhtred series. So do you have any plans to revisit the Starbuck Chronicles? I’ve seen you’ve picked up Sharpe again, but would love to continue the story of the Civil War! Fingers crossed.

Thanks,

Steve

 

Hello Bernard,

I am an avid reader of your novels and have read all of your various series and most of your single books as well.  One series, that I have read several times, is the Rebel Series of 4 books. However, this tale has not been completed and I wondered if there was any likelihood of a further book/s to complete this story.

Best regards

Graham

Hello Mister Cornwell!

I have been a tremendous fan of yours for some time and have been wanting to reach out and offer you my appreciation for your excellent work for nearly just as long-- but only now have I plucked up the courage to do so. Though I am a fan of everything of yours I've read, Sharpe in particular, I must say, is nearest and dearest to my heart. Because of this, I decided to start up the series again last month-- only this time, I am listening to the audiobook version narrated by Rupert Farley! And how amazing! He really does your work justice. It will also be interesting to see how my perspective evolves as I pass over the events of the books for a second time. Already I am noticing little easter eggs that had been placed that went unnoticed by me during my first reading. In hindsight, these little moments really come into focus, such as when Sharpe thinks to himself (during his faux-desertion in Sharpe's Tiger) how he would no more pass as an officer than Lawford could pass as an enlisted man; not knowing that in a few years he will receive a battlefield commission. I also appreciate when Sharpe, in Seringapatam, first handles a rifle and misses, unaware how one day he would be a career rifleman and his life will depend on his competence with the weapon. Those are just a couple examples of what I found to be very nice homages. Since I've noticed you have been writing in the Sharpe series again lately, I was wondering if you have any plans to revisit India or even take us to Flanders in 1794 or so? I find myself captivated by "the early years," so to speak, and have privately wished for more installments in the series from that time. I also have wondered for a while if Vimeiro or Rolica will ever get books of their own, or if perhaps Sharpe may join Cochrane in Brazil and later Greece during their revolutions somehow. If so, I would find it all most exciting! Regardless, I am grateful for wherever you take Sharpe next.Thanks again for all your wonderful work, and for inspiring generations of historically minded readers.

 

Your Loyal Fan,

 

Emmanuel Dalley

Dear Mr. Cornwell:

I am retiree with a great love of and interest in history and the sort of rare but wonderful historical fiction that you have mastered.

I am currently re-reading the Sharpe series after many years (this is where I admit that I have read all your books twice over).

I am very excited that you are writing new Sharpe books, but I must ask you, is next there another series in your future?

And finally, just thanks.  I want you to know how much I have enjoyed your writing over the years.  I wish you many more years, many more books.

Your devoted fan,

Clay