Dear Bernard
I have been doing a lot of factual research/reading about the 20th of Foot and also The Royal Engineers recently, which then put me in mind of Sharpe.
As a Mum of two children, I have finally reached the point of reading grown up books again!  To my delight, my eight year old son is very happy watching the Sharpe Dvd’s that I treated myself to, hey fantastic, a little break from the usual childrens films. He absolutely hates reading the normal kids books that we/school have tried to get him to read, so I’m now going to try some Sharpe with him. He can read, just finds most kids fiction books a bit boring. Oh dear he sounds like a real thug, but he really isn’t!
Anyway I just wanted to thank you for such gripping, terrific stories, and I’m looking forward to hearing you on Radio 2.
Many thanks
Tracey (Maidstone, Kent)