Have been reading the Richard Sharpe’s series starting with Sharpe’s Tiger and continuing(in chronological order) to presently with Sharpe’s Escape. You depict the French as particularly brutal and sadistic with no regard for displaying a shred of humanity or civilization. Were the French really as brutal to the Spanish and the Portuguese as you portray them? Great series. I’ve read C.S. Forrester’s Hornblower series several times so am loving your accounts of the land battles. Thank you, keep ’em coming. I use Wikipedia to see where Sharpe is and to read about the history of the battles. Good stuff!

Tom Jenkins