Here I am, a 64 year old grandmother and I LOVE your books. Having read ALL the Sharpe series in the late 1990, you cannot immagine my joy when I discovered by accident, the new Sharpe books and The Grail Quest Series. The trouble with prequels is the author must kill off people who don’t appear in later books. I liked the arab boy and Lady Grace and enjoyed Sharpe’s being wealthy, too bad he couldn’t have saved a few precious stones! Oh well, what is an author to do? With your ‘All Books’ list I now know I have met all your wonderful characters! Thank you for many, many hours of reading pleasure!!!! Patricia Anderson