Dear Bernard, Myself and 2 friends have just had a fantastic weekend in Salamanca. I sat on my balcony in the Grand Plaza and re-read Sharpe’s Sword.We climbed the 2 hills and I even managed to buy a French musket ball from the very enthusiastic guide at the visitors centre. He even had his own flintlock musket! (didn’t manage to find Wellingtons discarded chicken bone!) Was the visitors centre there when you researched the battle? Thanks for all the great books. Dr Neil Brownlee