
Sharpe is Back! Bernard Cornwell
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Sharp Manuscripts
I always say they have different constraints. If i'm writing a sharp book and i feel that the story is flagging, i can wheel on forty thousand frenchmen - but if you're making a film, you can't. The usual answer is to bring on a rather more beautiful heroine than usual. Why do we have a trafalgar square and a waterloo station? Because it's certainly a moment where animmense amount of pride was caused by it. I think it's just that once we were good. And i like to say i hold the record for an elderly british male being kissed by young brazilian girls. It wasn't a bad experience.
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