Dear Mr. Cornwell,
Regards from Serbia, I’m your biggest fan (I mean it literally – I’m 2m and 130kg). I have read all of your historical books, with exception of” Redcoat”, and I have it all in paper format (oldfashioned, I know, but what can I say “I love the smell of old paper in the morning”). Your Sharpe’s books were first books I have read in English, since those books were never translated in Serbian, and they helped me a lot to improve my English (I would like to thank you for that). I have few questions for you:
1. How do you pronounce the name of my favorite character from your books “Culhwch”? In my Serbian Books is transcribed as “Kilhuk” (sounds like “Kill-hook”). Somehow I doubt it is correct…
2. Do You plan to write any short stories placed in warlord chronicles universe? There would be nice to get more details about Culhwch’s campaign against Cadwy or about battles in Benoic forest when Dervel’s men got nickname Wolves or about Arthur’s campaign in Lleyn (and specially about Diwrnach’s death).
3. Did you ever consider writing Sharpe’s book from French perspective? I’m sure that there is more than one of your readers who would like to know a little bit more about French army (types of arms, ranks, units, organization, etc.)
4. I think It is time that someone solves the riddle about Sharpe’s father. “Take you out, put me in and a horse appears in this happy person.” Easy, It is Sir John Moore. “ Take YOU out” you=u=oo, “put ME in” me=I=ai=a, ” and horse “mare” appears in this happy person “john” (according to online English dictionary John = a prostitute’s customer=happy person, cant be wrong there). I heard there is a prize for correct guess – so I would like either mine weight in gold or signed copy of “Redcoat”.
Since English is not my language, I hope I didn’t make too many grammar errors, and if I did, you are the one to blame (I learned English from your books, you remember?)
BR Miro Kordić