hello! I’m an avid reader of your books, especially the Sharpe series, and i admire your though historical research, the very base of all your series. i just finished Sharpe’s Waterloo, but here i stumbled on some errors. for one you use repeatedly the term “Belgians”. you should know that this name was unheard of in 1815, since Belgium was created in 1830, and for a long time the common people here told: first we were oppressed by the Spaniards, then the Austrians, then the french, then the dutch and now the Belgians! in fact the term “Belgians” was invented and introduced by the (french speaking) founders of Belgium in 1830 in an attempt to create a sense of nationship for its inhabitants, but had never been used or known before. secondly, you give the impression that all those “Belgians” in 1815 were napoleonists, wishing to be part of the french empire forever. some “Belgians” had that wish, especially the french speaking region of charleroi, but the Flemish north (2/3 of the “Belgian” population),had no such wish and resisted the french invaders for years and even had a big battle with the french army near the town of turnhout. This “war of peasants” (boerenkrijg in Flemish) also raged for years in southern Belgium and in Luxembourg where it was named “kloeppelkrich”. maybe it could inspire you a new book! anyway i thank you for all the magnificent reading you provide us all! Eric van der Stappen