Mr. Cornwell, First let me say that I love your books, and I have recommended them to many other teachers at my school. As a teacher of English and History, I have to say that there have been quite a few tidbits of what life was like for an everyday soldier that make it into my lessons. When teaching the War of 1812 ( I teach in Guelph, ON, Canada) I make sure that the students learn drill and are taught how to fire a musket. ( with metre sticks of all things). So thanks for all your help in this regard. Secondly, I have recently acted in a movie about World War One entitled “The Great War Project” put on by the cbc, and it only took actual descendants of Canadian ww1 vets. It led to a great deal of research on the war from Canada’s side, and talk about interesting! Dark, but interesting. Have you ever considered writing something about World War One? Incidently there was an officer from Hamilton Ontario named Sharp. Thanks very much for your work, as it inspires not only the writer, but more importantly the teacher in me. Chris Brown, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.