dear sir, I am a history undergrad at the University of South Carolina and am working on my thesis. I am researching Lord Cochrane’s role in the independence movements in Chile and Brazil. I read Sharpe’s Devil and was fascinated by Cochrane’s attempt to rescue Napoleon from St. Helena. The books I am using allude to the idea of him hatching a rescue, but they do not go into specifics. I was wondering if all this was fiction or is this fact? If it is fact, where can I find materials on this? Looking forward to your next book. Patrick Gillespie