Dear Mr Cornwell, apart from enjoying reading your novels, I usually giggle much about your communique in the SAS Bulletin. Well, this time it was different. It was very sad to read about your experiences with cancer, but luckily it turned out not to be that bad. I wish you all the best for your full and speedy recovery (and not only because I want the next Sharpe novel), and that the new engine for your boat will arrive in time and fit! Greetings from Munich, Evi Finsterer. PS: Out of curiosity: Did you give any ideas to the screen writer of the new Sharpe movie, that he used? Or only the names and features of the main characters?