Dear Bernard In regards to Captivate Kill and Destroy will you be posting a free chapter at all also is it your last book on the AR or will there be any others in the future ( E.G Guildford Courthouse??)??? Also in regard to future works have you ever considered the epic Siege of Gibraltar by the French and Spanish at all??? And in regards to Sharpe in Sharpe’s Enemy at the start of the book Sharpe re-calls the Siege of Burgos and as its Wellingtons (and by definition Sharpe’s) one real defeat in the Peninsular I wondered if you will write a book about Sharpe being on the losing side for once (although I could only see someone as tough like Dulong be able to beat him and be believable???) Finally you have talked about Short stories in regards to Sharpe but what about appeasing all us Starbuck fans out here and doing one on Starbuck and the rest of the 7 days campaign as Copperhead ended at Gaines Mill and there is still Glendale and Malvern Hill to run that way even though you have not given us a full novel you can at least say you have done something!! Yours sincerely Geraint P.S I dunno if you can get it in the US yet but over here Martin Windrows Our Friends beneath the Sands of the French Foriegn Legion is a fantastic read.