Hyvä herra Cornwell (Dear Mr, Sir Cornwell; in finnish language),
I just read my first book by You (I read it without stops, in 48 hours, in finnish, translated by Ms. Ulla Lemponen) and after that I want to read all of Your production.
If You are interested in knowing how Your text is written in finnish, so for example Your book “The Pagan Lord” is titled as “Pakanavaltias” in Finnish.
The first two paragraphs of this book are written in finnish as:
“Taivas oli synkkä.
Jumalat ovat luoneet taivaan, ja se heijastaa heidän mielialojaan. Sinä päivänä jumalat olivat synkällä tuulella. Keskikesästä huolimatta idästä vihmoi kylmää sadetta. Tuntui talvelta.”
Following is my own translation of those sentences to english (I haven’t read Your book in english) :
“The sky was dark.
Gods have created the sky, and it reflects their moods. That day Gods were in a dark mood. Despite of beeing Midsummer, cold rain was (vihmoi=coming or something) from East. It felt like winter.”
You and all Your fans around the world may, or may not, remember a novel writer similar to You, Mr. Cornwell, which was also known for detailed knowledge of historic details. After you fans have read all Mr. Cornwells novels, I would like to recommend to all of you hungry for historic adventure:
A finnish writer Mika Waltari, who wrote between 1920’s and 1950’s and was also famous for detailed historic knowledge, like You Mr.Cornwell. For example the Hollywood film Kleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, was based on his novel “The Egyptian”. This book has been translated to more than 100 languages, so it should be available to all. My personal favorite from Mikael Waltari is Mikael Karvajalka and it’s second part Mikael El’Hakim, (published in english as The Adventurer; and The Wanderer) a story of finnish peasant in 1600 century, who travelles from Finland to Rome and to Konstantinopol (Istanbul) and becomes the second most powerful man of the Osman (Turkish) empire…
-AREA JAKTA EST- Julius Caesar-
Everlasting fan of historic adventures,
Mr. Sami Saarinen, Finland – or as we write it in finnish language – Suomi, a country in Skandinavia, Europe (between Sweden and Russia) where Nokia mobile phones come from