First, thank you for the wonderful series, The Sharpe Books, they are giving me the most delightful reading since I retired. Second, I am reading them in chronological order i.e. from 1799 on. Question, and it sounds odd, but knowing that you wrote them out of order, such as 1981 Sharpe’s Eagle and Sharpe’s Tiger 1997, I was wondering in which order you recommend reading them. Logic says 1799 on but I am curious as to your opinion. Thank you again for wonderful entertainment and historical lessons. As a cultural anthropologist I find them very informative. Ella A. Bennett