It goes without saying that I love the books – especially Azincourt, the Grail Quest and Sharpe. I first met historical fiction when I was about 11 (now 77)and read Georgette Heyer’s Spanish Bride. The fact that they were real people blew me away and I read everything I could find(not much in boarding school in wartime and when all my parents’ books were in storage.)But CS Forester and later Patrick O’Brian are high on my regular reading list. Back to Harry Smith – I can’t believe that he and Richard Sharpe didn’t meet. Their home lives were very different but their military exploits! Thank you.

Belinda