Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have read all your Sharpe books including short stories and the newest Sharpes Fury (hope it sells well, by the way). I enjoy them tremendously and it inevitably got me interested in that period of history and particularly in Duke Wellington. Ive since read Lady Langfords Wellingtons biography and am absolutely fascinated with this extraordinary character. Sharpe of course would also make a fascinating character study even though he is fictional. I guess I just want to express how much I appreciate your work, not just for hours and hours of entertainment, but also for the enrichment of my knowledge and for helping me to understand better the human behavior in diffeent historical and social settings. Oh, on Sep. 8, one writer asked about which books is the TV movie Sharpes Challenge based on. The beginning of the movie, in which Dodd massacred everyone (except Sharpe) in that West India Companys outpost, is from Sharpes Triumph. Although Id say that the main story line of the movie is from Tiger, the Dodd character is from Triumph and Fortress. Sincerely, Hong