Dear Bernard, I have read most of your material. If not all. I recently finished Sharpe’s Fury. I am a writer as well and being so, I have to say that if I am half the writer you are I will be extremely happy and proud. A very nice job on everything, thank you so much for all of the entertainment and in many ways, the education. Cheers to you. Jimmy Gordon And your prelude to contacting you does not sound rude at all. It is completely understandable. Jimmy Gordon