Talk:Frederick Forsyth

message: From the end of the article: "During the interview he referred to Gordon Brown as a numpty." -- That's supposed to mean something?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.236.111.58 (talk) 23:08, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Numpty" is a Scottish dialect word for an idiot, which is rapidly gaining currency throughout the UK. Mr Larrington (talk) 14:39, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It has a Wiktionary entry too - so I've added a wikilink.  a_man_alone (talk) 15:23, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numpty? What the hell is a numpty? 

message: Well, I think you could put an information about the publication of "The Day of the Jackal" in french. Because of André Malraux, Minister of Culture of France from 1960 to 1969, the book could be published in the country. The censure in France didn´t let the book be published because of the things about Charles de Gaulle and the argellians. But Malraux said that didn´t see reasons to censure the book once it has some cultural signification, which was agreed for various literary critics. Ken Bruce April 29, 2006   São Paulo, Brazil
:Eh, I've always wondered if the book was ever published in France. Had de Gaulle's historical presence in the country subsided enough to let some real history come out about him? 74.137.218.247 19:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: André Malraux

message: André Malraux served in the French government as first Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1958 until 1969.
The Day of the Jackal was written in January 1970 and published in 1971.
André Malraux couldn't have had anything to do with allowing the book's publication in France.
96.18.38.36 (talk) 21:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: The assertion that André Malraux allowed the book to be published in France doesn't make any sense

message: It's interesting to see that many of the comments here come from Indian fans. Do Forsyth's novels sell particularly well there? Lisiate 01:44, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Indian Fanbase

message: A good interview with FF in 'The Daily Telegraph' to celebrate the above:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/8524091/Frederick-Forsyth-I-had-expected-women-to-hate-him.-But-no....html
Interestingly enough, I think Patrick O'Brian was also the son, or maybe grandson, of a furrier. 
Overall, FF, John Le Carre and Robert Harris are also masters of their craft and how poor the literary world would be without them! I am now going to embark on reading 'The Odessa File' and then 'The Dogs of War' e-versions on my amazon kindle.
Having read this article, I am unfortunately in opposition to FF ref. his stance on the EU - which has done a huge amount in terms of rebuilding Eastern Europe's infrastructure, the monarchy - Britain should be a Republic, and climate change - anyone who ignores the reality of what is going on is living in cloud cuckoo land. Ivankinsman (talk) 08:54, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: 40th anniversary of The Day of the Jackal

message: Very little of this man's extraordinary exploits seem to be supported by verifiable sources. Just what evidence is there for this version of events?
:He has an autobiography coming out in September, that may help for verifying the information. Vg31-irl (talk) 19:07, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cites? 

message: Today, Forsyth released a lament titled 'Fallen Soldier', sung by the soprano, Melissa Adler of the Royal Opera House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bzbEkwY7aE  http://www.eveningecho.ie/viral/hear-former-fighter-pilot-frederick-forsyths-moving-tribute-song-for-fallen-soldiers/1843036/  Irish Melkite (talk) 10:05, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fallen Soldier 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: This biography reads as if it were written by the man himself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.5.172.228 (talk) 14:43, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frederick Forsyth 

message: In Frederick Forsythe's 1972 book "The Odessa File" there is a passage that sounds a lot like part of the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.  On page 21 of the book it discusses an Israeli agent who was the top agent in Egypt.  He was captured in 1965 after a raid discovered a radio transmitter in his house. If anyone has contact with Forsythe, they might be able to verify this connection. Dwnoone1 (talk) 15:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Cohen was arrested and executed in 1965 in Damascus. His case received much publicity at the time, so it is not surprisingly that Forsyth would have heard of it. Alternatively, Forsyth might had heard of the case of Wolfgang Lotz who was arrested in Egypt for espionage for Israel in 1965 after his Egyptian intelligence traced his radio transmissions back to his house. Unlike Cohen, the Egyptians sentenced Lotz to life imprisonment. Both cases received much publicity, so it would not surprise me in the slightest that Forsyth incorporated elements of both into his book, but we need a RS saying so. --A.S. Brown (talk) 05:39, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection between the 1972 book The Odessa File and real life spy Eli Cohen 

message: This  is a pdf link to a short story by Frederick Forsyth:
Do you think it's useful for the article anyway?
Shubhrajit Sadhukhan (talk) 16:48, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do not add links to texts still in copyright per WP:COPYLINK. --AFBorchert (talk) 23:15, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: @AFBorchert All materials of the NCERT textbook are free to be downloaded and probably in the public domain. See this .
Shubhrajit Sadhukhan (talk) 09:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is not correct. Please be refered to the NCERT terms of use for its textbooks. Quote:  A restriction in regard to links is included as well:  --AFBorchert (talk) 11:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short story link 

message: Missing from the article is the significant point about Forsyth's writing about the Biafran war, that he was a strong critic of the role of the British government and of the reporting by UK news organisations.
See for instance:
The Guardian - Frederick Forsyth - Buried for 50 years: Britain’s shameful role in the Biafran war, 21 January 2020.
    ←   ZScarpia   08:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biafran war