Dear Mr Cornwell I’m a fan of the Sharpe series for many years and I have all the books, audiobooks and so on. As I’m from Germany I would like to apologize for all grammar mistakes I will make in advance. After reading Sharpe’s Sword again I found a fly in the ointment. Sharpe took a bullet from Leurox and the surgeons didn’t cut it out. How could he live on with a bullet in his side especially the bullets were made of lead after my knowledge at that time and so he should have died on lead poisoning. Although I know this story is fiction and I’m a grown-up I really would like to understand it! I hope you can help me further with my problem. Thank you very much. Yours sincerely