Dear Mr. Cornwell, I just want to say how much I enjoy the Sharpe books. There seems to be something particularly fascinating (for me) about the Peninsular War. Even at school a very long time ago and with an extremely dull teacher I found it really interesting. Then recently I discovered that two Irish great great uncles of mine had fought in it, one is supposed to have died at the battle of Corunna. I would love to find out more about them but don’t know how – would there be muster rolls? Anyway, thanks very much for great stories with so much period detail superbly and so naturally woven in. Hope you won’t be offended if I say you are on a par with Georgette Heyer. Marion Gracie