Dear Mr Cornwell,
I am a huge admirer of your work, especially the Sharpe novels. I am a sixth former hoping to study history at university and I have recently set up an e-petition to encourage the government to mark the 200th Anniversary of Waterloo in 2015. Doing so would I hope increase interest in the period among the general public and especially schoolchildren, whose interest in history pre- WW2 is sadly limited. I have linked the petition below and if you would want to sign it and even pass it on I would be delighted and honoured to appreciate your support.
 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51719

Kind regards,

Harrison Edmonds