Dear Bernard: Hope you are well and getting ready to write the next Saxon. I just read that John Le Carre is actually a pseudonym. His real name is David Cornwell! Any relation (any yes I know you’re adopted)?

Speaking of relations, as to Sharpe’s father — might he be the lord of Bamburgh circa 1775 and therefore a descendent of Uhtred? What a thought! Cheers and keep spinning! Scott