Hello Mr. Cornwell I have posted a comment after every one or two books, or series of books, of yours that I read. I just finished Battle Flag, and I thought it was sensational. The dialects used by the southern soldiers were improved over the first two books as well. I was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, just a few miles from Manassas and the Bull Run. I attended a couple of the annual re-enactments of the two battles, but they were small-time affairs, confusing and never gave me a real idea of the momentous and furious fighting that had taken place practically right under my feet. I look forward to reading the Bloody Ground, I expect it’s about Antietam? I’ve been there, too, but never knew much about it. Last time I wrote I mentioned that Sharpe has many of the things that a great soldier should have, such as rifles, a sword, an enemy, revenge, a siege, etc., and that I thought it would be cool if he got a hold of some cannons to get himself out of a jam somehow. Here’s some more things he could have: fury; a charge; a victory; slaughter; command; a stand; a mission; diamonds; glory; rage; valor; combat; judgement; a campaign; a search; a quest; defense; a raid; a nemesis; some bait; comrades; a dilemma; a standard; a flag; a rout; a pistol; cunning; and maybe, just temporarily, a horse. Just to help you out since you have written so many Sharpe books that you’re bound to start running out of things for Sharpe to have in the titles pretty soon. Keep on writing, please. Dan Pulju