Hey, Just in the middle of reading Sharpe’s Battle,. And I thought I would send you a message ( while the kettle boils ) to say how grateful I am to you, honestly I have never liked books and always found it really hard to keep my concentration in a book and hence why most books on my shelf are unread but about 8 months ago my older brother persuaded me to watch the Sharpe Series on TV, and since I have read the first 11 Sharpe books ( in historical order ). Am reading the 12 and have the next 2 on my shelf ready for when needed :-), and I must say the books have far surpassed the TV series!!! When I finished reading Sharpe’s Fury last night I was sat by my book shelf in my room and practically without thinking put it on the shelf and just started reading Battle, haha, I never thought that would happen to me a year ago, So i would just like to thank you for bringing me into the wonderful world of reading and I look forward to reading the remaining Sharpe books as I finish the one previous. Thank you again Stephen Purkiss, 17