Hi Bernard I have just finished “Sharpe’s Regiment”, which I found to be one of the best in the series so far….got through it in one go, on a hot, but wet, Sydney Sunday Rather than be picky, as you obviously do more historical research than I will ever do, I ask as a point of clarification: You make a few references to “Australia” (even “the Australias”?) and the possibility of Sharpe being sent there as a captain of a convict guard It is my understanding that Matthew Flinders did not make common reference to “Australia” until 1814, and, then, still in conjunction with the term Terra Australis, and Governor Macquarie did not start bring it into use until after then, until the name was formally proclaimed in 1824 Until after 1814, and, therefore, in 1813, reference would have been made to the penal colony of “New South Wales” But, probably, that would have confused your American readers Best Regards Vic Whiteley Sydney Australia Member Sharpe Appreciation Society