Dear Mr. Cornwell, First let me say I am an avid reader. All the Sharpe stories and by a quick count over a dozen more novels. So naturally I picked up “The Fort”. My question is “Who wrote this book”? It doesn’t read like you or even sound like you. This is the first time in over a dozen years I put one of your books away without finishing it. In the past your words seem to flow and even if the language is one we are not used to the stories and it usage where entrancing. Sorry to say this novel is a disappointment. Sincerely, Edwin Bolton