Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have read about about 15 of your books and have more on my bookshelf to read. I enjoy your writing very much. I read “Sharpe’s Gold” in pocket book form and am presently reading “Sharpe’s Company”. I borrowed the dvd “Sharpe’s Gold” from the library and have just viewed it. The characters are mainly the same as the those in the book with a few exceptions. The new characters have been inserted to comply with the plot of the story on screen. The plot of the movie is entirely different from that of your story. I have seen 2 other movies, such as “Sharpe’s Revenge” and “Sharpe’s Sword” and although some parts have been changed, the movie version goes along with the theme of the story. I was quite disappointed with the movie “Sharpe’s Gold” although I truly enjoyed the book. My question is how could you allow the plot of the story you wrote to be changed completely by the producers of the movie version. Allan Bernstein