Dear Mr. Cornwell, Your books are fantastic. As a child and teenager, I read all of C.S. Lewis’s Hornblower books and most of Alexander Kent’s books as well. When I discovered Sharpe (from the PBS series), I was hooked. They were probably one of my few indulgences that helped keep me sane when I attended law school back around 96 to 98. I didn’t have a lot of time to read for pleasure, but reading a Sharpe book every couple of months really helped me keep a level head. I would be very interested to know whether you have noticed a difference in the perceptions of American readers vs. your British readers regarding the Sharpe series. Although I’m sure both British & American readers love Sharpe, do you believe they view him in a different way? From my perspective, he’d have made a great American — but I’m glad he was a little too young to have ever sailed over to help the Redcoats, or we’d probably still prefer tea over coffee. Thanks very much, Mark Taylor Rogers, AR