Vivian
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Mark Lawrence:
Who did you use as inspiration for Jal? I find his stark forthrightness (when it comes to his own shortcomings) rather charming.
Mark Lawrence
The inspiration for Jalan, came from George MacDonald Fraser’s book Flashman (1969) and subsequent series. MacDonald Fraser himself lifted Flashman from Tomas Hughes’s Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1857), so he is a new incarnation of a character who’s been with us at least 150 years!
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Troels Rasmussen
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Mark Lawrence:
Hi Mark With the Red Queens war finished I'm looking forward to your next project. Are you planning to stay in the Broken Empire or are we going somewhere new? Also with your main characters based on some very iconic characters do you have someone in mind that you would like to base your next series on? Regards Troels
Alexandru Ilie
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Mark Lawrence:
So dear Mr. Mark ''Awesome'' Lawrence, what's it going to be after the Book of the Ancestor, what have you got cooking in that genius brain of yours? I would't be surprised that you have another finished trilogy under your bed ready to wow us yet again. Are you ever going to be an adept of writing lengthier novels or has this become a trend, short but full of energy novels?
Donna
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Mark Lawrence:
Hi Mark. I waited for someone else to ask this question for a long time, and am finally doing it myself because I really am curious. To me, the Broken Empire and the Red Queen’s War feel very different in tone to your other work. They’re so darkly humorous and your other series so serious. Am I wrong? Do you take the world more seriously now? Or is it more about the readers and what is successful?
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