Mr. Cornwell, First of all, I love the Sharpe books, though I must admit I resisted reading the ones set earlier than “Sharpe’s Rifles” because there was no Harper. I write to ask some advice. I too write, both for a newspaper and freelance for a host of magazines, mostly history– my first love. For the longest time, I have been developing a character that I hope would be the protagonist young army officer in a series set in the American Revolution. No problem there. My problem is that I have a hard time writing of the British as the enemy. I lived for a time in the UK, was once engaged to a woman in Yorkshire (still the love of my life), and have a deep and abiding love of the British people. You’ve created sympathetic French characters, but still they’re still the enemy. Maybe, though, you never had such feelings for the French as I do for the British. At any rate, I’m putting that project on hold and am now fleshing out a character and plot set during the French and Indian War. Any thoughts on the subject would be most welcome. Cordially, Ray Chandler Clemson, South Carolina USA