As an author whom has entertained millions by writing about history, be it fiction or factual and on occasion combined the 2……… Do you ever ponder the “what ifs?”  I mean ripple effects…….

A friend and colleague and fellow Sharpe fan and I speculated today, that if Moore had not even got so much as wounded at Corunna, would things have gone completely different?  Would Wellington have risen the way he did?  I’m guessing a clever and I’m sure practical man like you would never have pondered this?!

Also now it’s pretty safe to say there’s going to be no more Sharpe, could you tell us which books you were going to set the “Last Sharpe” between?  I am pretty gutted.  I always buy myself 3 copies.  1 for me, 1 for my mum and 1 to take on holiday to keep the other copy safe from any potential damages.

Then if there’s an unabridged CD on Amazon, I hunt it down and spend hours merging the chapters to look neat on my player.  My Missus actually used to take the funnies with me every time a Sharpe CD was sent to me, because before the kids came along, she knew all my spare time would be devoted to making it ‘iPod friendly’.  Alas I fear I won’t get to do that again

Lee