Hi Bernard,

I know I’ve asked you before but there needs an historical account of Isandlwana, Rorkes drift and Ulundi along the same lines as the Sharp novels, from the eyes of the enlisted. I used to live in Zululand, South Africa and the history is incredible. The landscape is untouched where these battles were fought, there are still stories told from relatives of the Zulu warriors that were in all three battles, a mine of information colour and history. Washing of the spears is very good as a reference but as a novel it is too clinical. The stories deserve your pen. You’ve no doubt seen Zulu and Zulu dawn, maybe even Shaka Zulu.  Zulu was partly the reason I chose to leave England in 1984 to live and work there 15 yrs. Please give it some thought Bernard and thanks you for reading my message

Peter Aller