Dear Sir

It’s now nearly 10 years since I purchased Sharpe’s Havoc for the first time. I’ve bought it once on Hardback twice on Paperback.

I now fear that is the last time I get to buy a brand new Sharpe Novel for myself and as presents.  Please?  Just one more Sharpe?

You once correctly contradicted one of my comments by stating that Lucille was indeed the “Love of Sharpe’s life”.  Along side, the lady whom died in child birth?  My  questions to you are now regarding Sharpe’s weakness with the ladies, the 2 ladies he seemed to lust after the most, between the books Sharpe’s Rifles and Sharpe’s Devil were Josefina Lacosta and Helene Laroux (probably bad spelling).   Do you think Sharpe would have been faithful to Lucille if the opportunity arose with one of those ladies, and Lucille was out of sight?

Also I never felt Sharpe really betrayed Sweet William in Sharpe’s Revenge. I felt with or without Sharpe, Lucille was not interested.  However, my next question which as his creator, I feel only you can answer, would knowing Kate was married and had a daughter with his friend Jorge Vicente have stopped Sharpe if the opportunity presented itself?  I’d like to think it would have but you mention it a few times through Hogan and Harper (his 2 best friends) Sharpe was a fool when it came to women.  I could never know Sharpe as well as you, the genius behind him does, so please forgive me, only you can answer that question.

Thanks once again for giving us the best character (in my opinion) to ever grace a novel.

Lee