I have read several of your books and enjoyed them – the Warlord Chronicles, the four (so far) set in the time of Alfred the Great, and a few of the Sharpe series. What first surprised me about the Sharpe books was the number of Spurs players of the 1960’s and 70’s that appeared – Knowles, Weller and Ardiles – and there were probably several others I missed before the ‘penny dropped’. However, what really surprised me was the appearance of one John Rymer of Waltham Abbey. Now I remember John Rymer as a burly, medium-fast opening bowler for the Waltham Abbey Royal British Legion cricket club! And I remember the same team had a dark haired wicket keeper by the name of Bert Cornwell! – must be a relation. I guess you would have been growing up in Waltham Abbey during the 1960’s – just as I was. It’s a long way from Waltham Abbey in the 1960’s to California today – you’ve done well! Regards, Robert Dickie (ex-opening bat for ERDE/PERME cricket club).