Mr Cornwell — I’m a firm believer that a reader can learn more history in good historical fiction than in many history texts (and I did a year of graduate studies in French/British history at Virginia Tech as proof of this courtesy of Jean Plaidy and George Macdonald Fraser). I bless the day I stumbled onto your Sharpe books via audiobooks. I’m a tremendous Paul McGann fan and found some of his Sharpe tapes.I’ve been hooked ever since. Having grown up in Richmond, Virginia, I then had to read the Starbuck series (yes, I’m among the legions wanting more). You strike a successful balance between believable conversations (an unappreciated art form), historical facts presented in an interesting manner, and thrilling action scenes (all 5 feet on me longs to swing a claymore with my Scots ancestors). I’m anticipating the publication of Sharpe’s Fury. Sincerely, Paula Place from Bristol, Connecticut (Virginian in exile since 1979)