Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have read the Sharpe series from Sharpe’s Tiger to Sharpe’s Rifles so far and have enjoyed them all thoroughly. In the Sharpe TV series, I saw Hakeswill return in Sharpe’s Company. Does he really return in the book? If so, does it explain how he escapes from the snakepit in Sharpe’s Fortress? My goodness, it seems as though this baleful man is never going to be rid of. Poor Sharpe getting stalked by him. I’m glad Hakeswill finally meets his doom in the movie Sharpe’s Enemy. What a terrible man he was! James Eadie