Hi Bernard, Local bookstore here in Brisbane (Australia) had a sale, 2 were from the Sharpe series – after reading them I shot out and bought the whole lot. Half way thru “Sharpe’s Revenge” … all your fault, you know. Hakeswill’s dead and you miss him, would he have had a very nasty cousin whom the rotten sergeant wrote to about Sharpey “should anything happen to me, kill ‘im. it’s in the scriptures!”??? Yup, I’m a retired scriptwriter, trying to learn how to write a book … my thoughts are you’ve either got it or you haven’t but hope my suggestion causes a spark so Sharpey lives on. Thanks for the marvelous ride Bernard … Your Friend, John