I must honestly admit that I have yet to read most of your books, but I stumbled across Sharpe’s Tiger in a book store in Bergen, Norway. I had seen “Sharpe’s Eagle” a week or two in advance of this and thought it might be worth a read. Since then I have found myself drawn to the story. Being severely dyslexic it is hard for me to find books that fascinate me, if the story holds no interest to me I’ll drop the book. But since I started reading Sharpe’s Tiger and have since then read the following book and am now reading Sharpe’s Fortress I have to give you compliments for both your style of writing and for your story telling. I have not before now found books that I find to be too short. If I had any complaint about your books it is that I read them too fast and it feels as if they are too short…. Please take that complaint as a compliment for I can not put the books down once I start reading. I read Sharpe’s Triumph in one sitting on a flight from Copenhagen, Denmark to Tokyo, Japan on my way to work. To be honest with you, the jet lag was well worth it. Since having read the first two books I have also started doing research and finding literature on the actual events that took place in these novels. You have really made a part of history that to me and my fellow countrymen has been considered none too interesting to be quite the opposite of the common thought here. My compliments, and my best wishes and hopes for further good reading once I have finished reading the Sharpe series, I intend to follow up either by reading the Starbuck series or perhaps your books on the american revolution. Either way, I look forward to spending many nights reading your book as the snow drifts pile up in winter or as the midnight sun rolls along the horizon.

Halgeir Våge