Dear Mr Cornwell, I am a huge fan of your work. So much I am writing a dissertation on your Sharpe Novels for Northumbria University. I would like to ask you a few questions relating to the comparison on film and text: 1. What are your feelings towards the huge difference in your book Sharpe’s Gold and the film?

2. Do you know the reasons for Josephine’s smaller role in the films? Was it because Teresa was thought to be more entertaining for the TV?

3.In Sharpe’s Eagle the film why is there a focus on Leroy and the American slave trade? (as this is not in the book)

4. I read your introduction to Sharpe’s Eagle and understand why you wrote Sharpe. Was it your intention to write a male fantasy novel in the same respects that James Bond is a male fantasy? Thank you for your time and please don’t stop writing! Joel Kelly