This is a complete stab in the dark guess, but from a post I read earlier someone made a reference to you saying Sharpe’s father was not unlike the Scarlet Pimpernel. I’m 99.9% sure I’m wrong, but he wouldn’t happen to be a certain butler to the prince of wales, Mr. Edmund Blackadder III, as evidenced in the episode Nob and Nobility?

Either way, the thought of Blackadder being Sharpe’s father has me snickering as I type this. Keep up the good writing, I look forward to your next publications stateside in the U.S. in January!

Cameron Stewart

 

OK, if Sharpe’s father is not Carlton, what about Charles Darnay? I ask because you suggested a previous correspondent who put up the Scarlet Pimpernel Sir Percy Blakeney, was close and I figured the Tale of Two Cities was another option. If it’s not those two, should we keep mining that genre?

Chris

 

Mountjoy?

Paula

 

Having now completed the latest Uthred installment – excellent as ever of course – I can now return my attention to other important matters such as Sharpe’s Father!

Going over some of the clues and guesses I’ve seen over the last few years, I reckon you’ve confirmed the following… would I be correct?

• smuggler
• fictional character
• old/young enough to father a child in London circa 1776/7
• not a character in another BC novel
• NOT: Scarlet Pimpernel, Father Davey, Ross Poldark, Doctor Syn

Phil Dean