Hello Mr Cornwell, I have checked through the FAQ’s but can’t see anything on this subject. I wonder if you could tell me a little more about your Island of the Dead. Living very close to Portland and having read your books, I know how you portrayed it, every time that I travel on or off the isle I think of your description. However can you tell me if there are any facts behind it. To me it seems so possible because of the history of the Isle and it’s close associations with the penal system. I also know that there was a Leper Hospital close by at Lyme Regis, where some were moved to other places of ‘safe keeping’. Best wishes, Debbie