Dear Sir, I am writing a history essay on the Battle of Waterloo and I have read your novels regarding the Napoleonic Wars and whilst I appreciate the Sharpe novels are fiction, they obviously are based on historic fact and I’d be very grateful if you could recommend some reference material which would assist with my essay. (I am actually writing on “Who won the battle of Waterloo?”.) I am aware of Waterloo: Battle of the three Armies. In particular I am interested in establishing the delayed march of General Gneisenau, as my research to-date suggests that he turned the army in a direction towards the British, which sped up the Prussians, however your historical note suggests the march was organised in a way which ultimately delayed the arrival. Thank you for your time.
James Hampshire