Dear Bernard, To begin can i express how much of a fan(sorry couldn’t think of a better word) of your writing i am. Specifically the Sharpe and Starbuck series. I have not yet found my round to your more “mythological” based books but hope to in due course. I presume that you are often asked if you are going to add to either of the Sharpe or Starbuck books and i have read about your reluctance to write more about starbuck because of replication (for want of a better word) of Sharpe. I would like to ask if you have plans or if there are any plans for a “Sharpe Origins” book. Young scamp on the streets of London trying to stay alive kind-of-thing. I dont think it fits with the current Sharpe books, but it might be an interesting story.

I would also like to ask if you would ever address more recent events such as “The charge of the light brigade”, from which we obviously have the wonderful poem by Tennyson but I’m not such if we have any real modern analysis/popular knowledge of the event. That or “Zulu” Anyways Thank you for the years of joy that i have had and will have reading and re-reading your tombs. You both inspire to write and to think. Yours Graham Todd