As an English Civil Wars re-enactor, I attended a multi-period English Heritage event at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire recently. Many periods were represented from Romans up until WW2. Just thought you’d like to know that the fate of Mr Starbuck , was a hot topic in the beer tent until the early hours after much ale! Was quite weird discussing with a Redcoat, a Viking, a German half track driver and sundry others! Started with a discussion about ‘The Fort’ then got on to how you would finish the Starbuck series, the top theories were:

– disillusioned with the South, he defects, fights for the North and is ironically killed by one of his former comrades who stands tearfully over his corpse

– he is framed as being part of the Lincoln assassination

– he survives the war and becomes a preacher (where’s the fun in that?!)

– he dies at the fall of Richmond,with his brother holding him in his arms as he slips away

– I said maybe he survives the war and lives happily ever after, perhaps becoming a politician!

Just thought you’d like to know your creation caused a lively (if boozy) debate under the stars in the shires of Old England!

Martin Simpson