A good writer has the ability to produce three Sharpe novels in any weather.

@crazycarper3780

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha. Pint of rum for the best novel?

@ProSimex84

2 жыл бұрын

Now that's Authoring!

@Trek001

2 жыл бұрын

Chosen Authors are men of honour - Authors who will write any plot line to the death, but still publish it

@mushoddiq7631

2 жыл бұрын

that's my style sir

@Trek001

2 жыл бұрын

I only want what Wellington wants - more books to confound the French...

I've read a lot of Sharpe but The Last Kingdom is my favourite series. I can only thank Bernard for the sheer pleasure, and awareness of Anglo-Saxon history, that these books have given over the last few years. Coincidently I'm off to Mercia this afternoon :)

@perperson199

2 жыл бұрын

Knowing some history, you will know it's not Mercia, but the Mark. Gotta stop using the anachronistic Latin like terms

@martinh6677

2 жыл бұрын

@@perperson199 It's Mercia in the novels :)

@vadimromansky8235

2 жыл бұрын

Try Arthur Chronicles. They are even better

@LarS1963

2 жыл бұрын

@@vadimromansky8235 They are. The Warlord Saga is the best he's ever written.

I used to listen to Richard Sharpe audio books on my way home from work. I would then tell my daughters and wife about what I had read over dinner. It got to the point that when I walked in the door, my daughters would greet me with “What happened to Sharpe?” Bernard Cornwall is a master storyteller.

@Kostja81

Жыл бұрын

I do the same thing :) on my way to work and back. I also intend to buy all the Sharp books.

For me the book Sharpes Waterloo gives the most understandable, cohesive description of the battle - discounting the fiction that Sharpe is at EVERY decisive point. Cornwell's books are all wonderful.

The heady days of Sharpe on ITV, loved it.

@fran87blacon

2 жыл бұрын

I was a die hard tv show fan until I read the books/ used the audible app and the books are a millions times better

I'd love to see him write a book or three on the events of 1066.

I happened to be in Nova Scotia (Canada) in 2001 or 2002, and Bernard Cornwell had a book signing in Halifax so I was lucky enough to meet him. I still have a picture with him somewhere in my pile. Very enjoyable to meet him...

@hughledger7835

2 жыл бұрын

I saw him in Halifax in 2004

Fell in love with Bernard Cornwells writing while reading the Starbuck chronicles and the Saxon stories, I felt the emotion the history and I could picture the events in my head beautifully, such a great writer

@lampad4549

2 жыл бұрын

Basically any writer then?

@tedk.6420

2 ай бұрын

​​@@lampad4549Cornwell is a top tier writer. I've read and listened to a lot of authors and Cornwell's writing is far better than most.

Dude, I'd be so happy for another Sharpe book!

@Zerbey

2 жыл бұрын

He announced on his web site this week that another one is in the works, so you'll get your wish!

Bernard Cornwell got his Honours Degree from Winchester University during my graduation in 2019 which is fit as my degree was Archaeology and Winchester has a museum for The Royal Green Jackets

Bernard Cornwell is the first Living Author I fell in love with. As far as Historical Fiction Writers go I only put Patrick O'Brian above him.

@MyxeQ

2 жыл бұрын

@Harry Flashman Well Damn Your Eyes too Mate! But to be honest I have never read nor heard of the man. I will admit that I was introduced to POB via the movie, but I found BC without knowing he was connected to Last Kingdom (which I have never watched) or that there was a Sean Bean series about Sharpe. I am more than willing to check out GMDF as I love Historical novels. But do not take my Raising up of these two authors (I have read) for the condemnation of your favorite author (which I have not read).

@alece9697

2 жыл бұрын

Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O'Brian for me too! The only historically fiction authors whose books I own all of. Likewise I would put Patrick O'Brian just a step above BC as I find the characters more enjoyable. Vastly different viewpoints on the same time in history though. I found O'Brian first. Found the movie/tv series versions of both authors very disappointing and lacking the realism the books have though.

@deniskearney2368

2 жыл бұрын

I do so wish I could find another author of the calibre of Patrick O Brian but Cornwell does write a cracking yarn

@MyxeQ

2 жыл бұрын

@@deniskearney2368 Take a look at a few of the Historical Fictions from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The White Company and Sir Nigel are two of my favorite books by him hands down.

@deniskearney2368

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyxeQ Thank you, I’ll give that a try.

I hope this gets shared on the sharp KZread channel as well :) I would love to see more Sharp as a tv show on streaming services

I really enjoy reading about the Napoleonic and Wellington era. I remember in my teenage years hearing Sharpe on the TV at home. Years later I then watched it on a free view channel on a weekend but could never make out what order they were on tv. F inally got to watched them from start to finish a few years ago on the Internet. Thoroughly enjoyed watching Sean Bean and the wonderful cast. Was sad when I'd finished every episode. Will definitely buy the new book. Thank you Mr Cornwell for writing should a wonderful character.

im still waiting for the starbuck books to end

My favorite author,got every book he has ever written, love the last kingdom stories, the fort, waterloo,starbuck,etc,etc.......

Discovered his Novels via Sharpe tv series which started my interest in his and other historical fiction novels.

One of the greatest authors of the genre, past or present.

My favorite author, Think i have read everything he has written even the early seafaring ones. Just a big thank you for so many, many hours of totally absorbing storytelling. Christmas morning is always the best when there is a new Bernard Cornwell hardback to unwrap!!!

Read every book this wonderful author wrote, never been disappointed.

I have yet to read the Sharpe novels but I loved The Last Kingdom. I've always liked history but that series is what really turned it into a passion. I'll be studying history in just under a year hopefully. Uhtred really shaped me in the last two years

@adrianred236

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in a similar position as regards the books I read. You should read Azincourt before you start the sharp series though, it's an unreal story.

@Rymontp

2 жыл бұрын

@@adrianred236 It has been on my plan to read list for a while now but thanks for the recommendation. I'll definitely read it next

@rickwalker2

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rymontp if you like it (you definitely will) then try the Grail Quest books by BC. They’re set in/just before the Battle of Poitiers and are brilliant!

@Rymontp

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickwalker2 Thanks!

Loved this show! We want more bean!!!

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at Trafalgar. The smoke, the NOISE.... nobody can ever know what it must have been like

Thank you very entertaining and much appreciated

I've got all Bernard Cornwell books and I've read all Richard Sharp novels innumerable times over the years, but my ALL TIME favourite have been the "Thomas of Hookton" books and "Azincourt", I read them once a year for the sheer joy of it. A pity that he stopped the "Starbuck" Series about the US Civil War.

@danieldravot341

2 жыл бұрын

I would’ve thought, after reading all those novels, that you could spell the character’s name correctly. And maybe Agincourt, too.

@hellequingentlemanbastard9497

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieldravot341 - Ok,, I forgot the "E" by Sharpe, so what. But I spell AZINCOURT as it is spelled in French and as it is spelled by Bernard Cornwell on the cover of the BOOK.

@danieldravot341

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellequingentlemanbastard9497, if you can read twenty or so novels repeatedly and still not get the title character’s name right, you are clearly not paying much attention. And I just looked up the book by Cornwell. Agincourt is spelled with a ‘g’ in the English publication.

@hellequingentlemanbastard9497

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieldravot341 And you never made a single spelling-mistake in your entire Life, haven't you? Must be great to be so infallible, maybe you should become the next Pope. The one on my shelf - from Harper Collins- spells it the French way and it's the English Publication from 2008. Maybe the American one is differently? Wouldn't be surprised that they need to have it differently published, otherwise Americans would be confused because of all those Hollywood Movies. In the interview at the end of my copy, Mark Urban asks Bernard Cornwell why he spelled it with a "Z" and not a "G". The answer was: "It's just to differentiate it, really, Anne Curry wrote an Agincourt and Judith Barker wrote Agincourt, so we're Azincourt. If you look at the map of France it's Azincourt and I'm sure it was Azincourt right from the beginning, but we can't pronounce French properly so we call it Agincourt. Actually, we won, we can call it whatever we damn like!"

@danieldravot341

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellequingentlemanbastard9497, if you’ve read all the Sharpe books, over and over, why don’t YOU know how to spell the name? I use spell check and I proof read so, no, I don’t make many errors, especially in a public forum.

amazing video one of my favorite authors ever

I'd love a novel filling in the gap between the Sharpe and the Starbuck stories. Particularly the career of a certain French cavalry officer, who was named for his father's best friend, Irishman...

@sethclark6593

2 жыл бұрын

That would be perfect! Or even Patrick-Henri meeting Richard Harper

@vadimromansky8235

2 жыл бұрын

And they are also descendants of Uthred?

My favourite author I’m a huge fan! Keep writing more

love from Brazil !!! I love Cornwell!!!

Please finish Starbuck series!

@patricklamshear1806

2 жыл бұрын

I'll second that, read all of the Sharp and the Starbuck books I wish that there were more. ⚔⚔👍👍👍

Loved every book. Just finished the last one Sharpes Assassin.

Ripping my way through the Saxon stories now. Such wonderful characters and storytelling. When I'm reading the battle scenes, I might as well be on a different planet - I am totally dead to the world! Remarkable writer and a great democratiser of history.

hang in there mr. Bernard! how about some hill fort fights against romans?

A fantastic writer !!! I have enjoyed all of his books !!!

I've got almost everything this man has ever written... Sharpe on tv was a huge part of my late teens. I've always wanted a book concerning sharps induction and training into the 95th at Shawn cliff ... maybe if I'm really lucky :)

Amazing author.

I'm brazilian and I can testify: we do LOVE B.C. books! Please come more to Brazil.

As an Australian, even if this guy wrote "Why I hate those Vile Pesky Aussies" I'd want to read it. I just love his books. (And I love Shakespeare.) I love the Sharpe books. The Arthur series is word perfect. Brilliant. The last kingdom series is just spectacular. The Excalibur series is superb. Always wanted a sequel to "Gallow's Thief, but four more Sharpes? woo hoo!

@lampad4549

2 жыл бұрын

What does you love of shakespeare have to do with anything?

@ComandaKronikk

7 ай бұрын

@@lampad4549 I'm trying to figure out that myself.

@charliereader3462

5 ай бұрын

@@lampad4549perhaps because Bernard spends about a minute of the video talking about his love of Shakespeare, so the commenter is pointing out his similar taste

I wish he’d do some more Starbuck novels, he’s been promising for years to get back to them but he never has. I don’t know what his problem is and why he seems so reluctant to return to the American Civil War…..for me they were his best work. I’m a big fan of Sharpe though. I prefer his black powder novels to his dark age stuff to be honest. Great writer….

@justonecornetto80

2 жыл бұрын

He said on his website that he has absolutely no plans at all to return to the Starbuck novels. TBH I think it's down to the fact that he's just lost interest in that era and would prefer to close out Sharpe's story instead before he gets past it because he often raises concerns about advancing age. Personally, I hope if he's going to give Sharpe a swansong, he might involve him somehow in the first Anglo-Afghan war which would put him in his early 60s with perhaps an early 20s Henri-Patrick doing the young man's work.

@JPH1138

2 жыл бұрын

I love the Starbuck books, but obviously they never took off like his other series, and then on top of it you have a serious change in attitude towards the Civil War from the mid-90s to today. Starbuck unfortunately echoes some of the old 'Lost Cause' tropes and can be read as minimising the horrors of the antebellum South, and something so sympathetic to the South would be just about unpublishable today. (I did wonder if the long-term plan was for Starbuck to somehow switch sides post-Gettysburg and Jackson's death, and then follow either Grant or Sherman through the rest of the war, but I guess we'll never know)

@ThumperE23

2 жыл бұрын

@@justonecornetto80 Henri-Patrick joins the French Army as a Cavalry Officer. He made an appearance in the Starbuck Novels. Now Richard Harper as a young British Officer in a Rifle or Irish Regiment could happen.

@sethclark6593

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThumperE23 I'd love to have them meet.

@ThumperE23

2 жыл бұрын

@@sethclark6593 I always thought a Crimea War series would be fun, with Richard Harper an Officers in the Green Jackets, and Henri-Patrick in the French Cavalry.

I started reading the Sharpes books back when I was 15, im 32 now, and it has reminded my one of my favorite book series since.

I read the last kingdom series and it was amazing, started the Sharpe series 😁

@edforbes1563

2 жыл бұрын

Try the warlord chronicles as well. Well good

Would love to see him, or someone else do one from a French Napoleonic soldier's POV given we have so many from the British side (Hornblower, Ramage, Sharpe etc). My fave historical period

@Amsterdamned33

5 ай бұрын

History is written by the victors…

Great guy

What we want is more sean bean sharp tv shows even if its made by Netflix or amazon prime

My interest in BC's writing was ignited by my boss at work, in 2003 starting with the Sharp series & the TV series . The narrative is so gripping , so much so , while reading Sharpe's Company: The Siege of Badajoz, I took it to the toilet , unable to put it down . From the slow build up to the battle & its conclusion making me feel Im part of the action . I was in there for 3 hrs , my wife thought I had passed away !!! I have since read the Sharpe series 3 times & always waiting for another to come out , will be looking forward the Sharps Command with renewed anticipation thank you BC 😂

I've read a lot of Bernards books. I really enjoyed all of them.

Uhtred, son of Uhtred is my favourite

Love Sharpe, do wish Bernard would do more Starbuck chronicles

Actually, technically TWO Bond actors are in the Sharpe series. Craig, obviously, but Sean Bean played also Trevelyan in GoldenEye.

I wish he finish the Starbuck books they are brilliant

Sharpe’s Trafalgar is my favourite 🤩

Sharpe: Brilliant, superb, love it. When will we get the 'Warlord Trilogy' (Arthurian).

It has been replaced and completely reread now. But on the night of the 17th of Dec. 2019 I laid down a half read copy of The Fort. Then the house fire. Still working on replacing the entire Lost Kingdom series as well as collections of other favorite writers which hurt the worst seeing them destroyed. And hopefully they continue to produce the TV series.

I bought a second hand Waterloo book, and it was signed by him saying merry Christmas John, so John if you see this merry Christmas from me too ;)

I would love to see sharpe visiting lassau or his relatives in the German revolution 30s and 40s

This man is resposible for so many hours lost in portugal , adrift in Merlins quests Arthers troubles and Alfreds wish of an England , thank you.

Any chance of reviving the Starbuck series?

Bernard Cornwell, Now thats Soldiering...

I'd love to see the trial of Socrates

Brazil loves him !!! And I love Uthred !!!

are you going to finish the Starbuck Chronicles ?

The Fort is my favourite Cornwell novel - mainly because of the surprise ending.

I wounder if we will get any more Sharpe on our screens with Sean Bean?

I've read quite a bit of what he's written and I've always enjoyed his novels since I was a boy.

Been reading Mr Cornwell's wonderful novels since I was a teenager back in the early 1990s and this is the first time I've heard him speak, he sounds pretty close to how I imagined, however.

Seems like a good man to me very interesting person to be sure

I really want to know if there will ever be more films with Sean Bean. Loved that series.

@Vesnicie

2 жыл бұрын

What would that be called? 'Sharpe's Favourite Adult Nappies'?

@philipsalama8083

Жыл бұрын

@@Vesnicie Ouch.

I really liked the grail quest I wish he had written more of that.

@rickwalker2

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree! They were excellent.

Where my Warlord Trilogy bros at? I hear lots about Sharpe, Grail Quest, Vikings, etc. But his Arthurian cycle is definitely my favorite.

Heres the big one please please finish off the Starbuck Chronicles

Would Richard Sharpe be as famous if he were say, a Captain in the Royal Marines aboard a Lucky Jack Aubrey' vessel. Helping Stephen from time to time? Thanks for conducting this interview, it's really interesting.

will we see shean bean return as sharpe?? i would like to see a older sharpe, possibley in the america or austrialia?? a hostorical look at the us indipendence though sharpe eyes

@catmonarchist8920

2 жыл бұрын

US independence happens before

@Mrequine1

2 жыл бұрын

@@catmonarchist8920 how old was sharpe during the push in the us 🇺🇸 to the west?? Conflict with America native Indians would this be good time line it could deal with the morality and the tragedy of the indigenous tribes been pushed of their land by the land grab!!

@catmonarchist8920

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mrequine1 Sharpe was born in 1777 and sean bean is 62 so something in the 1840s would fit

@Mrequine1

2 жыл бұрын

@@catmonarchist8920 so he would of lived though the civil war??

@soyentak5076

2 жыл бұрын

@@catmonarchist8920 Sharpe dies at the Alamo would be classic ps movie about Sharpe's Devil would be crazy

I always thought Cornwall missed a good story line with Sharpe’s Wife, why didn’t Sharpe inherit his Wife’s estate AND her Uncles Estate. Btw, the interviewer obviously hasn’t read the Sharpe books. Why didn’t Cornwall ever get into the loss to Britain of the Ferguson rifle or the historical use of breechloaders in the German states from the 16th century. Another btw, I want more of the Copperhead series.

@makeitsonumberone1358

2 жыл бұрын

Thats Dan Snow an historian

@Moondog-wc4vm

2 жыл бұрын

A truncated interview where the interviewer asks submitted questions. A better query would be why did the editor(s) not include more detailed questions or why did the producer(s) not authorise a longer video?

@anthonyburke5656

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moondog-wc4vm I’ll say it again, I want more Copperhead. I can write more Sharpe scenarios as well, he left a daughter in Spain, as well as his “legal” wife in England. The Duke of Wellington was a force in politics for years after Waterloo, remember the little jaunt to Sweden, Sharpe has connections to that world, Sharpe also has connections to the Admiralty, he was at Trafalgar.

Finish the Starbuck series!

I heard a Radio NZ interview with Mr Cornwell in which he was asked if he regretted pandering to the hoi polloi with his unliterary offerings. I nearly choked, wanted to renounce my citizenship , near died of embarrassment, while he , seemingly quite calm, gently pushed aside the ignorant arrogance. A model for us all...thank you.

@philipsalama8083

Жыл бұрын

That's the kind of line you'd expect to read in a Sharpe novel. Probably from an officer who isn't going to be alive by the last page.

By way of Sean Bean's many spectacular onscreen deaths, his Sharpe character has now become utterly indestructible. Thus Karma achieves balance.

Love how logical he is.

Any more Starbuck novels on the horizon?

I’d like to read his take on the Robin Hood myth turning it into a gritty historical fiction.

Cornwell is a legend!

I just discovered Starbucks Chronicle and love it!

Loved the series sharpe have never read his books though.

@growlers90

2 жыл бұрын

TV series was ok but by sheer logistics cannot come close to the scale of the books. Some of the actors chosen for characters were spot-on, Ducos, Hakeswill, Hogan and Sweet William. In my opinion some not so much, particularly strangely, Sharpe and Harper. Don`t get me wrong excellent performances throughout but just not the image of "characters" I had been reading about for years.

@John-wt8bp

2 жыл бұрын

@@growlers90 might have to read the books then? Which one should I start with?

@growlers90

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I started with “Sharpe’s Rifles” and went forward as they were published which covers the Peninsula war to Waterloo. That said Mr Cornwall then decided to write and publish novels about Sharpe’s early adventure’s in India and extra books featuring Spanish and Portuguese stories and they are all good 👍🏻👍🏻

in shapes eagle on the show, , haprs does craig, but in the book, sharpey does craig and harps does gibbons.

@connor3158

2 жыл бұрын

.... what lol

I love sharpe and mobies are so awesome

Where was that Interview recorded?

I love Sharpe.

sean bean was in bond too

Whatever happened to the Starbuck Chronicles?

More to the point when is he going to finish the Starbuck Chronicles of the American Civil War?He stopped at Antietam 1862..

More Uhtred books please

All of his books have been enjoyable and very historically correct with his characters and their lives written in

Love to see books based off sharps kids

I’d like to see him finish the American Civil War series of books.

@Montague1428

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, but it feels like that's never going to happen.

What happened to Starbuck!?

The best thing about Sharpe is, without a doubt, "El Casco"

I bought one of those books. I like them.

@patricklamshear1806

2 жыл бұрын

I've bought them all and I have read them twice. ⚔⚔🇬🇧🇬🇧

@lightningphoenix7155

2 жыл бұрын

@@patricklamshear1806 Their great aren't they?

Bernard Cornwell writes good books 👍

I still need to pick these up, I do a yearly rewatch of the show, but am always a bit confused with how quickly Sharpes wife changes to become a villainous character

Saban, Lengar, Camaban, Sannas, what a production that would be.

The interviewer is how I picture Thomas of Hookton.

Also what about the War of 1812?

@roberthudson1959

2 жыл бұрын

Sharpe was busy on the Iberian Peninsula during most of the fighting. He managed to avoid a posting with Major-General Sir Edward Pakenham, so was probably inactive during Napoleon's first exile.