Dear Bernard: You’ve written many times that you’re unwilling to write other authors’characters into your works (Hornblower, etc.) because of the bloody lawyers. This being the case, how is it that you have so little issue with the way screenwriters have abused your work (at least in many cases – Sharpe’s Gold comes to mind)? Keep writing and pray (to whatever) that I’m never made King — I’d clone you and until the clones were ready to write, I’d chain you to your computer. No more sailing for you! (This is a joke – not a threat) As always, I’ll order Azincourt from the UK, not willing to wait for the US edition. Cheers, Scott