Hello Mr. Cornwell – I am a member of the Bean Box Board and I was posting an answer to a fellow members question regarding my husband’s brain aneurism and told the ladies the story of how I became a Sean Bean fan, they are urging me to send it along to you because they thought you might find it interesting to know. Here is the full un-edited message: Yes, Nancy, my hubby had a brain aneurism – he’s had no lingering problems at all, and it is a direct responsibility for me becoming a gushing Sean Bean Fan! Trev works shift as a power engineer – he needs to have a bit of entertainment before heading off to bed on day shifts and tv is still stuck in the family viewing mode, so knowing he was a great fan of historical movies – I bought him the complete set of Sharpe -as he complained that he’d missed a few episodes due to work back when the series was only available on video (5 – 6 years ago I bought them, and very pricey indeed!) After returned from the hospital, when his thinking was still fuzzy and memory was just not there – (he at first assumed it was 1988 when we were first dating – and didn’t know who our sons were – but thought they were really nice boys!:heart )Trev sat and viewed Sharpe episodes over and over again – totally fascinated by the historical fact behind the series and rebuilding his brain pathways as a result (his aneurism was located very deeply inside his brain and there was a very big worry that he wouldn’t be able to recover some memory). He couldn’t read at this point – so his collection of history books were not too useful. So, I sat and watched the episodes for the first time with him two years ago – and got hooked! Trev had a follow-up CAT scan a few weeks ago – and it turned out perfect – but he also had a fasting glucose test and his now eating a diabetes diet (not truly a problem, compared to how close we came to losing him – except he insists on saying at least once a meal – moo and baa due to the high veggie total of his diet!) So, even though I don’t wish to meet Sean face-to-face, if I did, or if someone I knew was going to meet him, I’d like Sean to know the impact of Sharpe on returning my hubby back to me as his true self. Sean gave me my most priceless gift back – and doesn’t know he did a thing! (Getting teary, dang!). Wendy Andres