Talavera is the setting for Sharpe's Eagle, the first book written in Bernard Cornwell's " Sharpe " series, and is depicted in the conclusion of the film adaptation of the same name.

Neither of these two books is mentioned in Cornwell's book.

However, Cornwell's book does not discuss exactly which details of the Ripper's murders were made known to the general public at the time.

Though Cornwell's book sold many copies, many Ripperologists and other critics argued that Cornwell's theory was far from persuasive.

Rychlak disagreed with Cornwell's claim of having found a " time bomb letter ", arguing that the letter in question had actually been written not by Pacelli but by his assistant, and moreover had been fully published and discussed in a 1992 book by Emma Fattorini ( a highly respected docent at the University of Rome ).

Cornwell's work was the first to have access to testimonies from Pius XII's beatification process as well as to many documents from Pacelli's nunciature which had just been opened under the 75-year rule by the Vatican State Secretary archives.

This was their first album to feature the three-piece horn-section which was retained in all their subsequent albums and live performances until Hugh Cornwell's departure in 1990.

In Bernard Cornwell's series of novels Sharpe, the protagonist Richard Sharpe's mother was killed during the riots when he was three.

In 1993, he was cast as Richard Sharpe, the lead character in the Sharpe series of made-for-TV movies based on Bernard Cornwell's novels, however he injured his knee while playing football just days into filming Sharpe's Rifles in the Ukraine.

The 16-episode Sharpe television series was based on Bernard Cornwell's novels about the Peninsular War, and the fictional experiences of a band of soldiers in the famed 95th Rifles.

Jack Cornwell's father Eli, who died on 25 October 1916 from bronchitis during home service with the Royal Defence Corps, was buried in the same grave on 31 October 1916.

After Eli Cornwell's death on 25 October 1916, his stepbrother Arthur Frederick Cornwell was killed in action in France on 29 August 1918.

Bernard Cornwell's fictional character Richard Sharpe was named after him.

Cornwell's belief is that Sickert was unable to have intercourse because of botched surgery to correct a fistula on his penis.

The Nock gun was recently brought to public attention by its inclusion in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels where it was wielded by Sharpe's friend and colleague Sergeant Patrick Harper.

Thomas of Hookton, the main character in Bernard Cornwell's The Grail Quest trilogy ( 2000 – 2003 ), was a mock believer in Saint Guinefort, praying to the saint and wearing a paw on a piece of leather around his neck.

( The song was inspired by Cornwell's PhD placement at Lund University in the mid 1970s ).

The album was released on Cornwell's label HIS Records ( HIS CD 003 ).

Cornwell's work was the first to have access to testimonies from Pius's beatification process as well as to many documents from Eugenio Pacelli's nunciature which had just been opened under the seventy-five year rule by the Vatican State Secretary archives.

Cornwell researched the conduct of Pacelli, both while he served as nuncio to Germany and after he was made Pope ; some of Cornwell's principal resources were the Vatican archives.

Cornwell's series ( composed of several novels and short stories ) charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

With respect to Cornwell's allegations of antisemitism, Rychlak stated that " When Pius XII died in 1958, there were tributes from virtually every Jewish group around the world ".

Cornwell's father served in the RAF and she grew up in Britain, where she attended a convent school, before moving to Australia, to which country her family emigrated.

Cornwell's work received both praise and criticism.

Among his fans, The Warlord Chronicles is often considered to be among Cornwell's best work, being acclaimed for both its storytelling qualities and its accuracy in portraying contemporary life.

Cornwell's work has received both praise and criticism.

According to a 2004 article in the The Economist, Cornwell's historical work has not always been " fair-minded " and Hitler's Pope specifically " lacked balance ".

He lives in Islington and drives an Audi, is a supporter of English Premiership football team Tottenham Hotspur and has appeared on fellow comedian Phil Cornwell's Spurs Show podcast.

In Bernard Cornwell's The Warlord Chronicles, Uther is the King of Dumnonia as well as the High King of Britain.

In Bernard Cornwell's The Warlord Chronicles, Mordred is the club-footed, legitimate grandson and heir of Uther Pendragon, and Arthur serves as the kingdom's regent during his minority.

* In Bernard Cornwell's The Warlord Chronicles Mordred, King of Dumnonia, has a club foot that is often used as a symbol for his ugliness and weakness as a ruler.

Lancelot and Galahad are portrayed as having similar ages, whereas according to traditional versions they are father and son respectively ( the film's approach is also found in modern Arthurian fiction — such as Bernard Cornwell's The Warlord Chronicles, in which they are brothers ).

* Patricia Cornwell's novel The Body Farm is based on the University of Tennessee facility, but not on actual events surrounding it.

Cornwell's Derfel is a Saxon brought up as a Briton by Merlin, the greatest of all Druids.

For fans of the series, Cornwell's portrayal of Merlin as a lecherous, driven, mischievous and irreverent druid is particularly memorable.

In fact, Cornwell's focus is in the very undying superstitions that, together with the religious fundamentalism and intolerance ( represented by the character of Bishop Sansum ), would result in the supposedly primitive mentality of the Dark Ages.

* Ivar is a minor character in Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novel, The Last Kingdom.

In Sharpe's Escape ( 2004 ), one of Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe novels ( which were partly inspired by Death to the French ), a Rifleman named Matthew Dodd is separated from Sharpe's company in a skirmish during the Peninsular Campaign in 1810.

There is now only one fishable lake in the parish, Cornwell's Reservoir which is controlled by Lewes Angling Club.

In Bernard Cornwell's American Civil War novel Copperhead, croton oil is used to torture the protagonist, Nathaniel Starbuck, in an attempt to get him to confess to a crime.

In Bernard Cornwell's The Winter King Owain is the chief warlord of Uther Pendragon and the champion of Dumnonia.