Hello Mr Cornwell. Allow me to begin by saying how much I enjoy your books, particularly the Sharpe series. I teach history at the Royal Military College of Canada and also conduct War of 1812 battlefield tours; I make use of excerpts from your stories describing battles for conveying what smoothbore era warfare was like. Indeed, these passages sometimes bring a tear or two to my students eyes. My main reason for writing is to bring your attention to a new biography of Lt Col Thomas Pearson, written by Donald E. Graves. Pearson wass commissioned in 1796 and fought in the West Indies, Europe and the Peninsula. At Albuera, Pearson was a senior major in the 23rd Foot and by then end, he was the only senior officer left in his brigade and as a result, in command. Pearson was later wounded at at Aldea de Ponte and sent to Canada for a “quiet” posting, only to find himself in another war; he participated in many of the major actions in 1813 and 1814. Anyway, if I read the end of Sharpe’s fury correctly, our hero finds himself back in Portugal in 1811 and happens to find his way to Albuera, Pearson – who was a soldier’s soldier – might be a wonderful character to include in the story. Find more about the book from the publisher at www.rbstudiobooks.com. Thank-you again and I look forward to Sharpe’s next adventure. John