Hi Bernard,

I’m sure you get asked this constantly, but I wondered when or if Sharpe may make a return!?

I’ve been an avid reader for years and have read everything you’ve put to print! But, for me Sharpe and the whole series is my absolute favourite.

Sharpe’s Waterloo has to be the best thing I’ve ever read. I’ve read the entire series countless times, but Waterloo is the one I always pick up when I’m at a loss for something to read. The veracity, pace, humour and action in it, make it as as gripping the 100th time as it was the first!

Sharpe was the series that first got me into reading, and for that he’ll always have a place in my heart! Luckily, I came to him late so got to enjoy the series in chronological order. It’s meant a huge amount to me over the years, and I’m very grateful that you undertook such an amazing series!

I hope you keep providing the world with more amazing works (including Hookton, who for me is a close runner up to Sharpe!)

Writing to an author, I wish I had a better way to convey what your work has meant to me, but this will have to do I suppose!

Best of luck with the future and the writing

Billy