I thought that the Sharpe TV series was fantastic…until I started reading the books, which are beyond great. I’m sort of reading them out of order, which I guess makes little difference as they are not dependant on previous books to be excellent writing on their own. Thank you, Mr. Cornwell, for bringing us Sharpe. I haven’t done any reading of fiction for 20 years or so, but forgot how enjoyable it can be to get lost in a book. I’m also very pleased to see Sean Bean coming back for another edition or two on screen; hopefully we’ll get to see it here in the US. Thank you again from a big fan! -JP