Dear Bernard, Well. Where to start ! I basically just wanted to thank you for the books that have given me such enjoyment. I have just, within the last hour, finished Heretic. I enjoyed it and the others in the series greatly, as I have enjoyed all your other historical novels so far. I have Redcoat and Gallows Thief to get to complete the collection. A second hand copy of Sharpe’s Waterloo started it all and I’ve read it 3 times so far. I actually had a copy of Sharpe’s Eagle in a Readers Digest condensed book, but still went out and got the original and the rest and had read them all within a year. I can’t really say that I have a favourite, but I can say that I have never been disappointed with any I’ve read so far. Having finished Heretic, I came to your website and was rewarded by finding Chapter 1 of Sharpe’s Escape. I’ve just been watching Episode 2 of Sharpe’s War that I’d taped from the weekend and Busaco was mentioned. Now I’m going to get to read about it. Great. I look forward to it. Thanks again, Ian p.s. Someone mentioned a finale’ for Sharpe, though I agree to some extent with the writer who hoped you’d leave him on the farm. ( I have just seen the Christmas novel. ) His son, Patrick, can carry the torch now. However there is always the Alamo. Though there would maybe be one too many heroes. Ian lRutland