Bernard, thank auld bert at my work. from the age of 16 to 35 i read about 2 books but in the last year i have read all the starbuck books, grail books and am now away to buy sword song to complete the last of the uhtred books. all thanks to him introducing me to ‘heretic’ and telling me it was by the same author that wrote my favourite Sharpe programmes. also in this time I have read another 8-10 books on british military history including blackwatch etc. thank you very much from tearing my eyes away from the idiot box and opening my mind to a completely different form of entertainment. I can’t put the books down when i start. keep up the good work. jd (scotland)