Dear Mr. Cornwell: I just finished all the Sharpe books (and Starbuck’s & Uhtred’s books) & loved them all – thank you! I got caught up in the emails concerning Sharpe’s Father & thought I would take a 2 guesses at it…In Sharpe’s Prey, Sharpe meets a widow Astrid, who had a husband Nils who looked just like Sharpe. Could Nils’ dad be Sharpe’s Father? OR perhaps Lavisser’s English dad? Lavisser had the blue eyes & sharp features a little like Sharpe. He was a second son, his older brother in England inherits. So….perhaps this older brother dies too & Sharpe somehow or other gets to inherit his very own Estate/Home Sweet Home??? “Lavisser” has 8 letters, but I couldn’t figure out the horse bit. ;) On another note, I was happy to learn that another Saxon stories will be coming out next Fall 2011…and then perhaps another Starbuck????? Yeah! Oh, please, let it be so!!! Thanks, Lorena Hoo Al-Ali