Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have written to you before on several occasions with selfish questions, and you have always kindly answered them. I am forever indebted to you for this. While it seems silly to say this I know you are very busy and it means an awful lot to us fans to have the Bernard Cornwell personally answer us back. For this I thank you sir. Mr Cornwell, this time I will not ask my usual questions such as “When’s the next Sharpe out?” “Does he prefer coffee or tea?” And the all important fan question “Would Sharpe like me?” :-) I thought to myself, you have given me years of reading pleasure, why not try and return the favour. Please feel free to ignore me if you have already herd of or read this book. But, Have you ever read or heard of Garry Douglas Kilworth’s Fancy Jack Crossman series? I was drawn to this book simply because I have run out of Sharpe books and was looking for another ‘Musket and Horse’ type of novel to tide me over. The first in the series is called The ‘Devil’s Own’ It follows the story of Sgt. Jack ‘Fancy’ Crossman in the Crimean War. Sgt. Crossman is detached from standard regimental duties and is given the command of a small platoon, who run off into Russian held areas and generally cause trouble. It follows his adventures through this war and then into the Indian Mutiny. I know you always have tons of books to get though, but if you haven’t read it, you might one day and hopefully enjoy it. And, with a bit of luck I might have done something nice for someone that has given me years of reading pleasure. All the best sir. Andrew