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I see no mention of "Rifleman Dodd" among the listed works of the author. Is this an oversight or is there some other explanation? "Rifleman Dodd" is an obvious influence on Cornwell's "Sharpe" novels. It is, or was, also required reading during United States Marine Corps recruit training in recent years. |
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This certainly cries out for further explication:
- "Forester had a complicated early life, including imaginary parents and a secret marriage."
Ortolan88 03:01, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- You sure got that right, Ortolan88! Also, how his pen name is Forester and his son's name is Forester? Are we in The Twilight Zone here? Spalding 00:29, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, can someone please dig into this. I read Forester's autobiography, where he had parents. Where did this imaginary parents thing come from? Seminumerical 23:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
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I added a number of non-Hornblower works. Does anyone know if there is a Galapagos Island called "Resolution"? It seems to be fictious, but I'm not absolutely sure.
I used the included links, Amazon.com and IMDB.com to research the details. Henry Troup 17:41, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I see no mention of "Rifleman Dodd" among the listed works of the author. Is this an oversight or is there some other explanation? "Rifleman Dodd" is an obvious influence on Cornwell's "Sharpe" novels. It is, or was, also required reading during United States Marine Corps recruit training in recent years.
Dulwich
SLight change: I added Dulwich College aswell as Alleyns, as he attended both schools one after the other. (Dulwich 1915 -16) Alleyns before. BFS
Bernard Cornwell
In a memo to the Sharpe appreciation society published along with Sharpe's Prey, Cornwell writes this: "I knew what I wanted to write. It was going to be a land-based version of C.S. Forester’s Hornblower books."
I am adding a note in the notes section to reflect this. (If no one objects in the next few days that is.) Z07 00:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Book title
I just read a book called Sink the Bismarck! by this author. At the bottom of the cover, it says "originally published as The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck. This article references a book by this author entitled Hunting the Bismarck. Are these all the same book? 74.130.215.12 21:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
- Yes. The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck was the original English title. It was published in the US as Hunting the Bismarck, then made into a movie calledSink the Bismarck! After the movie came out, the book was re-issued as Sink the Bismarck! Fumblebruschi 03:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)