Dear Mr Cornwell, Firstly I congratulate you on your books. I have read through The Sharpe series and thoroughly enjoyed them. The battles are always brought to life vividly. Being an ex member of the Royal Navy I particularly enjoyed Sharpe’s Trafalgar. I am currently reading your new book ‘The Fort’, which is a fantastic book. However I noticed something which has been annoying me. I do not wish to be nasty and it is only a note I have taken from a chapter in the book. In Chapter 5 page 122. When Brigadier McLean spots the Rebel fleet he orders his officers to dance about their swords, as you say to emulate Sir Walter Raleigh’s belligerence to news to the Spanish Armada’s approach. But it was Sir Francis Drake that was allegedly playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe when news came of the invasion fleet. Having been born and raised in Plymouth i have been told about the story of the Spanish Armada from a young age. If i am incorrect I apologise. I can only assume it is Brigadier McLean that has got his history wrong and not your self. Yours Sincerely Tim Delbridge