Dear Bernard, After looking at your diary and seeing you will be only in the southeast I was wondering if you will ever do any appearances in Chester at all????

In regards to the Sharpe series one story I was wondering if you ever write about the siege of Burgos and Wellington’s (And Sharpe too I guess) one real defeat in Spain whether you would get Major Dulong there since he is the one guy who could give Sharpe a kicking and have it believable (besides you do kind of owe him for getting beaten in Havoc).

In regards to the viking novels any chance of Uhtred going north and helping his brother in law Guhtred fight off the major scottish invasion at the time??? Yours sincerely Tony

btw I can recommend both Donald Hickeys Don’t give up the ship the myths of the war of 1812 if you have not read it it has a fine comparison piece between the merits of the various British and American rifles of the time.AND Fix bayonets and charge by Donald Graves which has a great account of Albuera in it both excellent reads. Tony