Dear Mr Cornwell, let me first express my great delight in reading and owning the entire Sharpe collection of stories. They are one of, if not the, most-prized of my possessions. In several of the stories, mention has been made of the fearsome ‘claymore’ swords used by highland officers in both the Mahratta and Peninsular Wars. Are these ‘claymores’ the basket-hilted broadswords or the double-handed cross-hilted swords? Thanks and regards. Eugene Lim