Dear Bernard After reading your interview with George Martin that Sharpe’s a hero so has to win couldn’t resist asking what about Burgos! Wellington took a major beating there surely Sharpe (as it says in Enemy) would too.

And about the next period you might be working on but are reluctant to say in case someone steals the idea. Could you at least give a clue by saying what period it would be in ? Having a guess with the anniversary of Flodden coming up could it be that??

Finally I read that there is still uncertainty over where the decisive battle of Brunanburh is based but they think it might be near Bromborough on the Wirral will you ever get Uhtred to the Northwest and the Siege of Chester and battles there as you seem to just have him hanging around East Anglia and for a guy who wants his castle back he seems reluctant to travel past the Watford Gap which does make his job rather more difficult. Yours sincerely Geraint