Mr. Cornwell My uncle gracefully gave me 500 books from the back of his garage. Among them were quite a few of the Sharpe books (Rifles onwards). After months of them sitting on myself looming down at me, I finally read one at random – Sharpe’s Regiment – then Rifles, Company, and Eagles in that order. Regiment is my favourite so far due to it’s more diverse plot and more detailing part of what can happen outside the army. But to my point – I’m not here to praise endlessly . After Eagles I went down to my local bookshop and found that they had all the new Sharpe DVDs on sale, so I bought the Rifles/Eagles DVD. I hate to say this… But I was disappointed with it, Sean Bean will grow on me – but I felt it diverged far away from the plot – it felt too brief to me – only touching on everything and giving little climax at all, if any. Do these series get better ? I’m 14, short on cash so not keen to buy more unless I can have my image of Sharpe restored to its former glory. I adore the Hornblower teleplays yet have never read the books – maybe I’m biased? Thanks -Hugo, a worried fan.