Dear Bernard,

I apologise if I have already submitted this, but last time I wrote it didn’t submitted at the end.  This year is the anniversary of the battle of Vitoria and they were celebrating the event did you get an invite? I look forward to your book on Waterloo having read Sharpe’s Waterloo and visited the battlefield many years ago.  A few years ago I read a book on the battle of Ligny Napoleon’s last victory. One of the things I remember is that Napoleon ordered his Medical staff to take care of the Prussian wounded, because he knew they would be harshly treated by the local population.  Napoleon truly was the patron of soldiers whatever army I bet Sharpe nursed a secret regret he wasn’t born French.

On a completely different subject in the next few years there are anniversary’s of so many battles, wars, etc. One thing that seems to have been overlooked is the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta and the siege of Dover Castle in 1216 by the French.  I was wondering if you had thought about writing a book, as Dover Castle would be a splendid backdrop to any story.
Andrew Walker