I was almost finished reading The Fort when I came to the part where the American
Commodore had started burning the ships of his fleet. Paul Revere had just refused to allow the crew of The Nancy to come aboard his long boat.
The real Nancy was captured by the British, sailed up the Great lakes to supply British outposts and became an important item in the war of 1812. It was attacked by three American ships in 1814 & sunk in the Nottawasaga River which runs into Georgian Bay. Our town is called Wasaga Beach short for Nottawasaga. Over the years, the sunken Nancy became an island built up by the sand from the river bottom.
Nancy Island has become a famous historic landmark.Since this is the 200th anniversity of the war of 1812, a reenactment will take place in August.
I am a Charter member of a new Lions Club which we have named Wasaga Beach Nancy Island Lions Club. I had just returned from a meeting of the club, when I read
your item on the sloop The Nancy.What a small world.  If you are interested, The Nancy/Nancy Island are written up on the internet. The complete story is almost as fasinating as some of your books which I love & reread whenever I have the chance, especially the Sharpe series.

Regards & keep on writing . You are one of my most popular authors.

Lion Bernard Speisman