Mr Cornwell, I just wanted to thank you for the Sharpe series. I started out watching the series and made a mental note that I always wanted to read the books. I am in the US Army and stationed in Iraq without my wife and kids. Suddenly I have a lot more time to read and a friend started sending me your Sharpe series! I quickly became hooked. Each character is even more developed than the tv series ever allowed. Each quest seems so much more daunting in the books. They have civil war and revolutionary war battlefields but you bring each conflict to life in such a way that I want to go to India and Spain. I also love your historical notes after the story. I may be a captured audience but I felt the need to thank you for some great books that make this deployment to Iraq almost bearable. Even without my family. Thanks so much and take care, Edward Oldt SFC, USA Baqubah, Iraq