Hi again,

 

“I am laughing , I think you have the answer in there somewhere”

 

as reassuring as it is vague 😊

 

I assume that my named answers were incorrect, as you stated that if someone got the answer you would admit it.

 

So some detail correct….French and smuggler I believe, with Irony in the identity!

 

So….it would be extremely ironic if Sharpe was related to Napoleon, the man he fought for a large part of his life….! Perhaps a brother?

 

I seem to remember you implying a link with another epic character and joint favourite of mine….C S Forester’s Hornblower….who as I am sure you remember met Napoleon’s nephew in his latter years….so perhaps Richard and Napoleon shared Carlo as a father…which would also make him Joseph of Spain’s bother.

 

I can find no reference to him having been a smuggler, however he was a bit of a gambler and general loser……despite his status and issue

 

Well? Vague but full of Irony :-)

 

It would also be ironic if Sharpe was an illegitimate French Prince. Louis XVIII was technically a smuggler allbeit that it was Baron Hue who got his hands dirty!!!

 

http://www.100days.eu/items/show/30

 

Remember Captain Sawyer….and the fact that CS did NOT keep his readers in the dark 😉

 

Cheers

 

DB