I am looking forward to your forthcoming new book, “The Burning Land” which I believe is due out in October. I confess to be an avid reader of all your books, a number of which more than once. My favorite series, nonetheless, remains the Sharpe novels. I am hopeful of one day reading about Sharpe’s participation in the Battle of Vimeiro in the summer of 1808, as it would allow further development of the junior Lieutenant Sharpe. We met at your book signing in Williamsburg, VA in 1993 or 1994 for your then new “Rebel” and you were kind and patient enough to sign all my Cornwell books which I had brought along. Michael