Mr Cornwell
I have read most of your books, excluding the later Sharpe ones. I am particularly addicted to Uhtred although I also loved the Harlequin series.  I have just read the Fort and congratulate you on not only a fantastic novel but also the selection of such a little known event as a subject One minor point regarding The Fort (and you may have done it to differentiate between the two sides); I am a Royal Marine, and as such I am compelled to tell to that we were not Royal until 1802!!! hence the expression ‘in 1802 the Corps turned blue’. In 1779 we were His Majesty’s Marine Forces.  A tiny criticism of my favourite author. thank for so many hours of literary enjoyment
David Maslen