Have enjoyed the Sharpe films and have now started reading the books. Is it very difficult doing “prequels”? It seems to me that you have to avoid anything too major happening because there will be no mention of it in the sequentially later (but earlier printed) books.

One technical query please. I know that officers could buy and sell their commissions but what happened to the commission of an officer killed in action? Is there a source for this info please? Many thanks for an enjoyable and informative range of historical novels Doug L