Hi,

have just finished reading ‘Sharpe’s Assassin’ and will add it to my collection which I regularly re-read every couple of years in chronological order. After reading Assassin i decided to re-read ‘Sharpe’s Ransom’ as it is the next in chronological order. in doing so i think I found what is now a small error resulting from the new novel.

In the conclusion of Assassin Wellington advises Sharpe he has confirmed his rank to which Richard comments to himself ‘which meant his official rank was probably still a Captain, but the half-pay of a Lieutenant-Colonel would go along way to …..”.

In Ransom however Lucille refers to Richard as follows “But worry not  ….. Major Sharpe will come back”.

In Assassin Lucille regularly refers to Richard as the Colonel and would be aware of Wellington’s confirmation of Richards rank.

Understanding Ransom was written in the 90’s and a short novel  you however may wish to amend ‘Major’ to ‘Colonel’ should it ever be re-published in the future.

Kind regards

Derek Stone

Denmark

(on the south coast of)

Western Australia