Hi Bernard, I have all your books on display and read of course, shame they’re not all hardback. However, Peril? book please? I also can’t cope with the gaps between releases now that I’ve caught up with you, Azincourt will be finished today, so please pull your finger out and double the scribbling, in the meantime I may have to start them all again…..how’s this for an idea…read Sharpe in order? How you manage to write them completely out of order amazes me…I think Tiger was my favourite Sharpe…get scribbling, kind regards, Rick.

Just one more thought …Sharpe is a tall dark haired Londoner, Sean quite clearly isn’t. Did you ever have any issues about that? Or more to the point did any of your more scrutinising fans have anything to say? regards, Rick