Mr. Cornwell: I’m a big fan of all your books, especially the Sharpe’s novels. I read in your answer to an e-mail posted on this site that you intend to write more on Sharpe. I hope you don’t think me presumptuous to offer a suggestion for an idea I had. I got the idea while reading “The Name of The Wind”, by Patrick Rothfuss (I believe that’s his name). I suggest that the story be told by an aspiring young historian, Barnett Cornwall, attempting to write an account of the Napoleonic Wars from the view point of one of England’s most celebrated heroes, Colonel Richard Sharpe. Cornwall has trouble finding a patron to finance his trip to France to find and interview Sharpe, and has to go it on the cheap, since his patron only partially funds the expedition. Next he has trouble locating Sharpe, and when he finally does, he finds Sharpe doesn’t warm to the idea, and just wants to be left alone. Sharpe finally has get hostile with the persistent young writer and he leaves. Not to be out done, he works his way up to Ireland and finds the next best person to tell the story, that being Patrick Harper. Harper isn’t much more receptive to the idea than Sharpe, but, Patrick can’t bring himself to mistreat the young, and ever persistent writer. You could use Patrick to give a different perspective on already covered campaigns, or about a new adventure altogether. I just thought this format might give you a new perspective on Sharpe’s adventures through the eyes of his best friend. As you can tell, I’m a Richard Sharpe fan, but, who couldn’t help but love Harper? If you were to like this idea and use it, I would ask for no other compensation than a signed copy of the book! In any event, I look forward to your next book. Respectfully, Jack Douglas