Hello I have been reading your Sharpe novels for years, I own all the books and also the four Starbuck novels, as I am a keen black powder era man. In the Starbuck novels a rebel Sgt by the name of Howes appears how did you decide the said name. I am interested because it appears from an uncles research I have an ancestor who served in the 2nd Mass Vols which of course was a Union regt. How about getting back to the Starbuck novels. Keep writing, your books are top notch. Regards

Steven Howes