Happy New Year from the USA, Mr. Cornwell! I’m delighted to read through the “Your Questions” section of your website. I came here having found this website by accident, and set my mind to ask you a question on the off-chance you might answer it, before realizing that I too am familiar with the film adaptations of your work. I finished to see all of The Last Kingdom earlier in 2022, having been so impressed with the visual device of place names transforming between languages, among so many other pleasures in the plot and the production. The history of linguistic change, especially in the UK, is a particular source of intellectual fascination to me. (And then, suddenly, “Sharpe,” I think, “Sharpe… why am I picturing Sean Bean?” After I send this question, I’m off to reacquaint and probably finish those films too.) But none of that is my question.

Something about the name Eohhere draws me to use it in my own first attempt at a novel, but I can’t work out how to pronounce it. Any transliteration with phonetic spellings I’ve found tell me absolutely nothing. Do you know of either a film featuring this name, or an interview with a person so named, that I might give a listen? Alternatively, how many syllables does it have and what does it rhyme with? Which syllable gets the accent?

Thank you for all you do –

John