Dear Bernard In regards to your recent novel on the AR and writing about Paul Reevere one of the famous mythological heros I wondered if you were tempted to write about one of its mythological villans Tarleton??

Btw you mention the US Marines using green coats as a possible Genisis for the 95th but what about the Queens Rangers which like the 95th were Green coated and like them had a repuatation as being the best of the best unit of either side in the war and they had a rifle company in the unit anyway could they have been the Prequel as it were for the 95th?

Finally I know you have said you may only go back to Sharpes past again in a short story but please please could you go back and tell of his time in Flanders. In Sharpes Tiger you have him recall Boxtel now besides the heavy fighting Wellington did at the Vaal River (not just Boxtel) and as the rearguard commander How on earth did Sharpe get there anyway as the Light Company of the 33rd (had been shipped out to the West Indies) was not with the rest of the regiment in Flanders? Yours sincerely Geraint Geraint