Dear Mr. Cornwell, I’ve recently purchased & viewed the first 10 Sharpe TV series show along with Sharpe’s Waterloo. Having numerous times read the Sharpe novels, I was wondering if at the time the series was being developed in 1993, whether you were offered a chance to write any of the screenplays of your books? If not would you have wanted to?

Earlier you had mentioned that you had no control over the content of the TV series, but I was wondering, as the writer and creator of the Sharpe characters and stories, how you felt when new characters & storylines (Sharpe’s Gold) were used. Did you feel that the visual concept presented by these film stories added to or subtracted from your original vision of Sharpe & his adventures. I myself especially like Waterloo, but can’t understand why the producer of the TV series couldn’t get the name correct or use the right name of the Scottish commander (Mac Donald) during the fight at the H. Chalet. As a student of history it always bother me when a real individual accomplishments are not presented correctly. Most of the stories had parts of your story lines although character names were changed.

Which of the series movies did you personally enjoy the most and which one best presented Sharpe in the manner you as the author wrote him? Thank you Jeff Juri