Dear Bernard I was curious in regards to the Sharpe novels you of course talk about the 95th as being seen as the best in Peninsular on the British side but I wondered who you considered the best units on the French side (31st Leger maybe??)???

And in regards to Lossow in Sharpe’s Sword he sort of disappears near the end of the book and is never heard of again, did he die???

Also while you have stated that Sharpe made a promise not fight Americans in the war of 1812 to Killick to help him escape.Could you not get around that by getting Sharpe to Canada where if the Americans invaded they would be fighting him and not visa-versa it would be really great to see Sharpe in that conflict if only once.

btw I can recommend Fix Bayonnets by Donald Graves on the life of Thomas Pearson who fought at Albuera for Christmas reading he and Sharpe would probably have got on like a house on fire. Merry Xmas Tony