Dear Bernard
You have mentioned that you are writing a fact book on Waterloo but I wondered for your next fictional book whether it will be Sharpe and if it is Sharpe, would it be Albuera.
Also you have talked about famous battles between the UK and France and I wondered if you had ever considered writing about the battle of Fontenoy? It's not very well known in the UK yet Napoleon regarded it as the battle that prolonged the Ancien Regime in France for another 30 years and rated the French Commander De Saxe as one of the greatest military commanders of all time.
Yours sincerely
Geraint
P.S There is a new book you should read, When the Britain burned the White House by Peter Snow on the Washington and Baltimore campaigns. I know you have stated a reluctance to get Sharpe to North America but I think he would enjoy himself on this campaign and would probably get on with Cockburn who was a remarkable character, even the Army respected him (for a navy man) and called him General Cockburn which was rare indeed.
Sorry, the next book is not Sharpe.
I’ve thought of it . . . . it’s all a question of time, and I’m getting old. Maybe? Thank you anyway
I know the story well, though I haven’t read Peter Snow’s book yet (I will). I’ve often been tempted to tell the story of that campaign, but will I? Again, it’s a question of time . . . .