I note that you could wish ‘Sharpe’s Devil’ “unwritten.” As this unsatisfactory book is set in 1820 and would appear to rule out a post-Waterloo military career for Sharpe, dismissing it from the canon (no pun..) would allow our hero to respond to Wellington’s implied wish at the conclusion of ‘Assassin’ and return to the Colours – and perhaps achieve General Officer rank…

Incidentally (and pedantically) on re-reading ‘Company’ I find that you have mis-spelt Black Bob’s surname: he is Craufurd, not Crauford.

Regards

David Lovibond