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| (FAQ 1.) Posting Date: 26 Apr, 2004 |
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Q: In your latest Sharpe book is the character of the now missing Dodd based on the character from the Forester book 'Rifleman Dodd'? Will he by any chance turn up. Is he based on the real Dodd? Lee Brake
Just wondering if there was any further significance to Rifleman Matthew Dodd's disapperance in chapter 4 of Sharpe's Escape? Great Fan by the way. D. Boen
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| A: He is indeed meant to be the same Rifleman Dodd who goes missing at the beginning of Death to the French. Will he turn up? You have to read Forester to find out what happened to him.
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| (FAQ 2.) Posting Date: 16 Apr, 2004 |
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| Q: Are they filming more Sharpe? Patrick
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| A: There is talk of it, so hope springs eternal in the human breast. |
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| (FAQ 3.) Posting Date: 01 Mar, 2004 |
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| Q: Thomas of Hookton; OK, so you have finished with the quest for the holy grail, but this giant of a man, this wonderful character... You have said that he will return. I know that Heretic came out in October 2003, but that is nearly three months ago! Must you sleep at nights? Must you stop writing to have your Christmas dinner? I am an Englishman who has retired to the depths of Wales. During the winter months, I am a 'rainbird' in Florida. I have only recently discovered your wonderful works (although I already knew about Sharpe). If you have the time to reply, I would dearly love to know if you have started off with another Thomas book. Best wishes for the new year, and may your mind continue to run through your pen. Tony Allison.
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| A: Herewith the bad news. I have started another Thomas of Hookton book, then stopped it - mainly because I felt that his story ended in Heretic and I was just trying to get too much for him. Which doesn't mean I won't pick the idea up again sometime in the future, but I hate to tell you that there won't be another Thomas of Hookton book this year - or next. But there will be something else and I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
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| (FAQ 4.) Posting Date: 02 Feb, 2004 |
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| Q: I've just finished reading the Gallows Thief and really enjoyed it, are there any plans to write another book about Capt. Rider Sandman?? Martin Wright
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| A: I'm glad to know you enjoyed the book. There may be another, but I don't know when just yet. |
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| (FAQ 5.) Posting Date: 11 Sep, 2003 |
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| Q: Dear Mr. Cornwell, I just wanted to write you a brief note to let you know how much I enjoy your books. I stumbled across Sharpe's Tiger a few years ago, and then proceeded through the whole series as fast as I could. I have since gone on to read most of your books and I find your stories and style very much to my liking. I do have one question for you, one that I am sure you are asked often. I was wondering if anyone has approached you to make a movie, or more specifically a trilogy of films based upon the Arthur Books? In light of what has been done with the Lord of the Rings, I think that your series would make an excellent set of films. Anyway, thank you very much for all the wonderful stories and characters. I look forward to your future publications with great anticipation. Best Regards, Dave Farrow
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| A: It's been talked about, but no film of the Warlord Chronicles is currently in the works. I do greatly appreciate your message! |
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| (FAQ 6.) Posting Date: 12 Jul, 2003 |
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| Q: I'm thoroughly enjoying the Arthur series, and am halfway through the second book. Do you have any suggestions for a guide to the phonetic pronunciations of the various names. |
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A: This is probably the best help I can give with the pronunciations for the names in the Warlord Trilogy. I took the names from all sorts of sources, many of them ancient Welsh, but then the first audio-book was recorded and I was besieged by e-mails and faxes from the producers wanting to know how to pronounce Gorfyddyd and Culhwch, and I began to wish I'd called them Fred or Charlie. A Welsh-speaking friend dealt with the pronunciation enquiries, for which I am very grateful, and the list below is, to the best of my recollection, what was recommended. Not every name here is Welsh - some, like Aelle or Cerdic, are Saxon. I've only included the ones that seem to give the most difficulty and I have not attempted to cast them in any recognisable phonetic alphabet, and if any Welsh readers are mightily offended then please write and correct us!
Aelle - Ay (rhyme with bay) - ella
Ailleann - Eileen
Bleiddig - Blethig
Broceliande - Brossell-ee-ander
Caddwyg - Cathig
Cei - Kay
Ceinwyn - Kine-win
Cerdic - Serdic
Culhwch - Cull-hooch (guttural, as in Scottish loch)
Cuneglas - Cooner-Glass
Cyllan - Killen
Cythryn - Kith-rin
Cywyllog - Coo-ee-thlog
Dafydd ap Gruffud - Davv-id ap Gruffuth
Derfel - Der-vel
Diwrnach - Deer-nack
Erce - Err-chay
Gereint - Gerr-aint
Gofannon - Go - vannen
Gorfyddyd - Gor-vithid
Gwenhywach - Gwenn-high-arc (guttural)
Gwlyddyn - Gulithin
Gwynnedd - Gwinnith
Halcwum - Hal-coom
Helledd - Helleth
Hywel - Hugh-ell
Llywarch - Thly-warch
Lwellwyn - Thluellen
Lyonesse - Lee-on-ess
Manawydan - Manna-vidden
Oengus Mac Airem - Oingus Mac Air-em
Ui Liathain - Oo-ee Lith-ain
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| (FAQ 7.) Posting Date: 15 May, 2003 |
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| Q: I just bought the Sharpe movies and was going to watch them in order. I used the book list you have on your website for the correct order, but it doesn't seem right. E.g., you have Sharpe's Gold before Sharpe's Company, but in Sharpe's Gold he's a major and Wellington is about to invade France.... |
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| A: Yes well the filmmakers did change the order somewhat for the films (as was their right), so the book order is correct on this website but the film order is different. It is my understanding that the order for the films goes something like this: 'Rifles'; 'Eagles'; 'Company'; 'Enemy'; 'Honour'; 'Gold'; 'Battle'; 'Sword'; 'Regiment'; 'Siege'; 'Mission'; 'Revenge'; 'Justice'; 'Waterloo', 'Challenge' and 'Peril'. |
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| (FAQ 8.) Posting Date: 07 Apr, 2003 |
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| Q: Why is the film version of Sharpe's Gold so different than the book? Will you write a book about 'Sweet William'? |
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| A: I don't plan to write a book on Sweet William - it's a nice idea, but I don't think it will happen. The story behind the film version of Sharpe's Gold - when they were filming it the actor who was first cast as Sharpe broke his leg. Filming had to stop while an insurance claim was made. Sean Bean then replaced the original actor, but the producers decided that if they re-shot the original script the insurance company would claim they had suffered no real loss. So that script was abandoned. |
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| (FAQ 9.) Posting Date: 27 Mar, 2003 |
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| Q: You did write under another name for a while so could you let me know what that name was and what books you wrote?
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| A: My wife and I co-wrote some books years ago until she got fed up with the process, and they were published under the name Susannah Kells - A Crowning Mercy, Fallen Angels and Coat of Arms (Aristocrats in the US). The first two are being republished this year and next by HarperCollins in the UK (where the cover will say the books are by Bernard Cornwell and Susannah Kells). The first one ain't bad.
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| (FAQ 10.) Posting Date: 13 Mar, 2003 |
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| Q: What advice can you give to a would be writer? |
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| A: For advice about writing, you may want to click the following link: writing advice |
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| (FAQ 11.) Posting Date: 07 Nov, 2001 |
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| Q: Will there be any more Starbuck novels? |
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| A: I hope so, I really do. The problem is time (and also a problem of my own making). The Starbuck series was going along very nicely and then the television series of Sharpe arrived and it made more sense to write further Sharpe books than to produce new Starbuck novels, and somehow I have never got back to poor Nathaniel. Now I'm writing the Grail Quest, and Sharpe, and people want more of Rider Sandman (the hero of Gallows Thief), so the problem is still time. But I hope to continue Starbuck before too long. |
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| (FAQ 12.) Posting Date: 07 Nov, 2001 |
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| Q: Which of your own novels is your favourite? |
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| A: Authors are supposed to be like mothers and not have favourites (but they do). My favourites are the three Arthur books (Winter King, Enemy of God and Excalibur ), and that sometimes upsets people who like the Sharpe books and I can understand that, but I really do love the Arthur tales and wish I could write more. |
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| (FAQ 13.) Posting Date: 07 Nov, 2001 |
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| Q: Why can't you write more Arthur books? |
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| A: Because the story is finished and won't be stretched any further. Arthur is sleeping in Avalon and should be left in peace. |
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| (FAQ 14.) Posting Date: 07 Nov, 2001 |
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| Q: Which is your favourite Sharpe book? |
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| A: Either Company or Siege, or maybe Tiger or perhaps Regiment. I quite like Trafalgar too. The best one, though, is always the next one. |
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| (FAQ 15.) Posting Date: 07 Nov, 2001 |
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| Q: Will you sign books sent through the mail? |
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| A: Yes, of course, but the risk is yours! And if you forget to send me the return postage don't be surprised if I send them back by the cheapest (and least secure) method. It's a sad fact that books do get lost in the mail sometimes, though I have discovered that if you label them 'Bibles' or 'Temperance Tracts', they always get through. E-mail us first - to get the snail mail address and to make sure that I'll be here to do the scribbling. |
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