Dear Mr Cornwell
I picked up the first Sharpe book 5 years ago in London while visiting and as a history buff became addicted, not only to the Sharpe series but also many more of your fighting heroes. What a way to learn history, you do the research and I soak it in. I would like to know why most of your heroes are illegitimate , were the English ranks made up of only these men?
Thank you

Ron Fagin