I so love your books especially the Sharpe ones, I was given Sharpes Fury and Sharps Challenge (dvd) for Xmas and have nearly finished them both. My G G Grandad Neil McAra was a surgeon from 1812 to 1814 in the Peninsular War somewhere I have his Warrant from the King in 1812 and other papers which are handed down through the generations. Another ancestor Robert McAra was killed at Quatre Braes and it was a real suprise to find him in Waterloo p135, I shall have to look for more history on Robert McAra. I also hope to one day find more about Surgeons in future Sharpe books Thank you for writing such great books Bruce McAra