Finished the O’Brian books and was looking around for something that had the same “life in it”. Ran accross a video of one of the Sharpe episodes and liked the character enough to seek out your books. Wow! What a fine, fine read. I am reading them in chronological order, Sharpe’s not your writing order and I am stunned by what a fine author you are. Often I have been disappointed with series because the long haul to write a fantasy history in order seems to tire out the author. But your writing them in the order that interests YOU breathes life into every book. You have opened my eyes to a different approach to writing and have given me hours of reading pleasure and a refuge at a rather stressful time in my life. Thank you. Patricia Hedtke