So having worked my way through all your historical novels, I decided to give Hornblower a try. Fantastic obviously! Although the appearance of a character called Sharpe in Hornblower in the West Indies did cause me some confusion – I assume there’s no relation? Interestingly, whilst your Sharpe was named after a rugby player, Forester’s character’s namesake was a cricketer Cloudesley Sharpe (albeit an extremely obscure one).
Anyway, I was wondering – since you spend so much time patiently answering your fan’s questions – if there are any you would have wanted to ask C. S. Forester if you had had the chance?
Dan