Dear Mr Cornwell,Having just read the final page of Sharpe’s Fury,once again Richard and yourself have warrented the Telgraph comment that you are both national treasures.I don’t normally read the same book twice but with Sharpe and his chosen men it’s different, I feel as if I’m there with them in their wanderings through Spain and Portugal,with the description of each engagement leaving nothing to the imagination,long may he and Patrick keep marching.

R N Kettlewell