In reply to a couple of fans asking about Tom Gerrard, he does die in one of the books but I can’t remember what one. He sets light to something that results in a small village/town being blow up. I think Sharpe is hiding in an old bakers oven at the time to project him from the blast. Sharpe finds out it was Tom becasue he finds the burnt body with an old lighter box by the hand, that Tom got from their days in India. As for Morris, doesn’t Sharpe bump into him at Waterloo and they chat about the old times? Hope that’s of some help! Dan Price

In response to the writer who asked what happened to Tom Garrard. He had a commision in the Portugese army and was killed when he delibrately blew up a magazine to save the rest of the garrison from Brigadier Loup’s attack. I think the book was Sharpe’s Battle. Sharpe found his body afterwards and could only recognise it because of the decorated tinder box he was holding. Ed