Dear Mr Cornwell, I just wanted to write to you to thank you for prompting my renewed interest in history – I have just returned from a trip to India where I enjoyed a very pleasant couple of weeks with my wife and 6 year old son exploring Seringapatam and Mysore. My son particularly enjoyed the Tipu’s dungeons! I have recently written a paper on Lachlan Macquarie, one of the early governors of New South Wales, and discovered that he fought at Seringapatam – one of his friends being Sir David Baird. I was wondering if you could recommend any books/texts that contain a biography of Baird? I was delighted when he reappeared in Sharpe’s Prey. Thanks for all the enjoyment your work brings, Graham Hawes