Hi Bernard

I hope you are well and keeping safe. As a lifelong Sharpe fan I’m very excited to learn that he’s picking his baker rifle up one last time. I was just wondering if you could tell us anything about it this at this time? Will it be in his later years with Lucille or the early days when he was joining the rifles as there is a gap between prey and rifles or preferably if this is to be the last one with Harper and the chosen men? Possibly on detached service if there isn’t a convenient battle around? Sorry for so many questions but I’ve waited many a long year to read a Sharpe book that I don’t already know word for word. One final question and the one I’m most hoping for will Hagman be in it? He has always been my favourite rifleman

Matt Nicholls