Hello A friend of mine recently asked me about Sharpe and the TV series as he was shocked beyond belief that I had never heard of it. As military history buff,pc game fanatic, historical fiction reader I was amazed also. At my local library one day 2 weeks ago I saw a Sharpe DVD so I took it out . Since then I have seen every episode and have ordered all the Sharpe series of books starting with Tiger . I can’t explain well enough how brilliant the TV series was and I am expecting the books to be delivered this week. I live in Ireland and grew up without any cross channel TV stations so perhaps that is why I never heard of you or Sharpe before . I must say it was sheer brilliance on your part to have a central Irish character ( SGT HARPER) . This adds immensely to the whole story. I have done some research on Wellington ,Napoleon and the war and never knew until last week that Wellington was Irish really. I must congratulate you on a fantastic job and can’t wait to get stuck into your books. I haven’t read a line of them yet but everyone online has only praise for your writing. Kind Regards Anthony Moynihan