Hello Mr. Cornwell. I have been a major fan of your books for some time having seen the television series when it first came out. May I ask if any of the Chosen Men from your Sharpe series were based upon real characters not only from the Peninsula War but also from other aspects of the Napoleonic Wars. I was just wondering, due to have read something about a Lietenant Colonel Sharpe in Richard Holmes book “Redcoats”. If you could reply soon that will be brilliant. Thank you. Warwick Louth