Ok, I’ve spent the whole day in work today, after reading the overview of Richard Sharpe on wikipedia, with the riddle of Sharpe’s father stuck in my head. It is winding me up and I know from your hints that his father is french and a rogue. I was wondering, does he appear in the books at all and did Sharpe meet him? Many thanks for the years of fun with Sharpe as i have read the full series so many times, and loved the starbuck chronicles. I eagerly await the next one but know you are writing other things so I won’t push for a date, haha. I think I’ll whet my teeth to the other series’ you have written and my next read is the fort. Simon, Liverpool