Hello Bernard,

I am a big fan and have all your Sharpe books and you signed one for me in Halifax a few years ago. My wife and I attended the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo in June. We had a wonderful time. I have a question for you about German Mercenaries being part of the Allied Army. I know that that there were Nassau, Hanoverian and Brunswick troops involved but the Belgium announcer at the re-enactments stated serval times that some of these were paid mercenaries in the Allied army. I read your book on Waterloo and several others to find out if this was true or not with no success. I don’t think this is correct so with all your research could please enlighten me.

Cheers

Rob Fraser