Have been enjoying your Sharpe books for a decade, not to mention the Arthur & Grail Quest books, am just now reading “Sharpe’s Fury” having just finished the first of the Saxon books. Does seem there’s an “eternal hero” (Thomas the Archer is Sharpe-in-the-14th-century, Uhthred is Sharpe-in-the-9th-century) and you’ve caused us to love him so. Thank you for what you’ve given us all. Quick question though – Is the Eric Sykes, to whom you dedicated “Sharpe’s Fury” the British officer, and spy, who helped “invent” modern close-quarter-combat?
Ronald Pehr