I just finished reading “Sharpe’s Fury and enjoyed it very much. I have read several other books of yours and enjoyed them also. It is a wonder that the British did as well as they did with their armies if they had so many officers that were not very good. Of course, one can win if the enemy is even stupider. That may be the way the U.S. has been able to win in the past. Not too good at winning lately, though. Korea, Vietnam, and maybe be now Iraq and even Afghanistan. But we may lose in the voting booth what we do not lose on the ground-again. Donald W. Bales