Hello there Bernard! I do hope your well? I have few questions if may? Just before reading Sharp’s Trafalgar I was a bit worried i wasn’t going to enjoy it? Because it was at sea & the first 3 books were superb! But once again you had me reading that book every spare moment I had! But I did get a little bit lost with names of parts of the ship? The stern, port & starberd & parts of the rigging etc. Would it be an idea to have a diagram of a ship in the book to resolve this matter? Sorry to be a nit picker!

I enjoyed the book so much , I went to the maritime museum to see The Trafalgar exhibit which was great & there was Nelson’s uniform he was shot in & I was surprised how small it was? And other officers & sailors jackets were tiny? My next qustion is were people in them days genrally a smaller size?

To my next question, I am about to buy a replica Bakers rifle & I was wondering How much a real one goes for? I would appreciate your input?

I have just bought the film Waterloo on dvd, With Rod Steiger & Chris Plummer & I thought it was great! the film shows the scale of the battle & brings battles like that into prospective! & if you look closly you can even see the skirmishers. But on to my last question (thanks for being patient) In the film Wellington promotes a private to corporal for stealing a pig! Did it happen? Well that’s all for now & thanks for writing such brilliant stories. Gary Beadle