I have read all the Sharpe books and thoroughly enjoyed them although the fine points of battles during the Napoleonic era sometimes elude me. Your characters are so memorable that I look forward to meeting them in each new book. I have one question: I just finished reading “Sharpe’s Escape” and I wonder if there is an anachronism in it. On page 55 you refer to bedsprings twice. Were there actually springs in beds in 1810? Thanks for your reply! Ruth Doak