Dear Mr. Cornwell,
I am a great fan of Sharpe and can only guess at the amount of research you must have done to create such an authentic figure in a “factional” series. I have just watched “Sharpe’s Eagle” on a DVD. I thought it was a reasonable recreation of your book,[given the time constraints] but was disappointed that the producers had not carried out the same amount of research. As an ex military man I was bemused at the end when the rifle party were given the order “Shoulder Arms” “Preeeesent”, then “Left Face”.Very American I thought. You may think I am nit picking, however the books are so good, at least the movies could show the same respect to authenticity.
Thank you and please give us at least one more Sharpe.
Respectfully,
Thomas Davies