I know who Sharpe’s father is. Solving the riddle you gave required only wikipedia and a thesaurus as well as a dictionary. Its Major Peter D’Alembord AKA dally. A dally is the name of a horse (a horse appears in this happy person.) He takes over Sharpe’s rank of captain after he becomes major. (take me out and put you in.) I believe he IS the right age. he would have been in his very late teens or early twenties when he met Sharp’s mum. TELL ME SIR! AM I RIGHT?

Kyle Prince

As is the form I’d like to first thank you for your books, Particularly those concerning one R. Sharpe. And then, as also appears to be the form… A quick guess at Fatherhood of said hero. Is he a “humble man”? Arrived at with not a little port on board and based upon the notion that Bursue is a medieval peasant dish sometimes attributed to be the filling of the original “humble pie” & that Burmese was a former mount of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. One can but try.

Nick

Hi Bernard Is the answer to the Sharpe’s father riddle “Turpin”, as in Dick Turpin? cheers Tim