I have just finished and enjoyed reading “Waterloo”, and I thought you might like reading my book “Assegais, Drums and Dragoons” (2012) which is about the 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg, the culmination of Britain’s second invasion of the Cape of Good Hope, a short, sharp encounter which radically changed the history of Southern and Central Africa. This seems to be the only episode in the Napoleonic Wars which has not been thoroughly ploughed over, and was the only classic linear European-style battle ever fought south of the Sahara. It is available in printed or e-book form (Googling will provide the details). This is not a solicitation of any kind – I have enjoyed your writings, know of your interest in the Napoleomic era and thought you might enjoy this one – if not necessarily the style but the content..

Willem Steenkamp