Hello Mr Cornwell – Bit of a strange question, but one to which I’d love to know the answer. You are one of my favourite writers, as is Ernest Hemingway, and I’d be fascinated to know what your opinions of him and his work are. Obviously you write in a very different genre from Mr Hemingway, but you do share a passion for military history and the ocean, not to mention a journalistic background. Mr Hemingway was well known for his love of adventure stories and I’m sure were he alive he would be a big fan of ones as well crafted and researched as yours. Do you have a similar respect for ‘Papa’ and his books? Best wishes Bill Lyne