First and foremost thank you Mr. Cornwell for all the reading pleasure you have provided me and so many others. When the film Master and Commander was released, I fell in love with the Napoleonic era as the setting for heroic exploits, and quick devoured all of Mr. O’Brian’s works, and then languished until a friend recommended Sharpe’s Tiger. The adventure was on, and doubly enjoyable for covering the soldier’s side of the same era. Now Sharpe and live in my mind with their contemporaries Aubrey and Maturin. And I am extremely grateful to you. I am curious if you are familiar with O’Brian, and if you are a fan? Thank you and very best regards for the new year! Dane