I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your books. As a bookseller, I have often recommended your books to customers, having especial success with ‘Winter King’ and ‘Azincourt’. I love the way you really capture the feel of the time in which your books are set, and its obvious you do a lot of research on the periods covered. I have always been interested in Medieval history, but your books have inspired me to read up on other periods – I started reading up on the Napoleonic Wars after reading Sharpe, and the American Civil War after reading the Starbuck Chronicles. So I just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your work. And I’m sure many other people have picked up on this, but your character Colonel Lassan from the Starbuck Chronicles is Sharpe’s son?

Jon Hing