Dear Bernard, I’m accustomed to Aubry and Mathurin at sea, Sir John at the Bow Street Courthouse, Mma Ramotswe in Africa, Paul Scott’s gang in India and Ensign Richard Sharpe on terra firma (Latin I believe). Ergo (Latin again) I did not read “Sharpe’s Trafalgar” until I finished all the other books in the series. What a pleasant surprise! The research was excellent, the writing outstanding and the pace among the best sea yarns I have ever read. I know you generously credit your rearchers and others for their help, but the writing is simply great. Keep up the excellent work. Don Healey