Hello, I fell into the Sharpe novels through the BBC series on DVD (I now own the complete set including the new one based on Tiger altered to allow sergent Harper to come along). Once I’d watched the series and found out that they were based on novels I had to read them…and am extremely glad I did. I’m finishing the series now (reading them in order) with only Battle and the Christmas short stories to go. I have enjoyed the novels immensely and especially your historical notes at the end. The film adaptations would have been much better had they stayed closer to the novels, but they are very well done for a made for TV historical series and are enjoyable in and of themselves. Meanwhile, I am very glad to see that you are planning to continue the series. I was surprised to see that you live in Chatham, MA since you are an Englishman primarily writing historical novels about English subjects. Chatham is a wonderful town; I have a cousin living there and I was stationed at the Coast Guard Station there in 1980-83. Best of luck to you and please keep the Sharpe novels coming…although as another fan said – a Sweet William book (or a Harper book) would be interesting to see. Slainte. Jeff Burton