Mr. Cornwell, Some historical novelist writers, when creating a character and time frame , choose to take their character through history chronological .When you started writing about Richard Sharpe in 1980, you started him in Spain and in later books took him back into India and then again back to Spain. Was this by design or when the Sharpe books grew popular, did you then start to fill in his army life. Also do you feel, as a writer, that this method of jumping in and out of different time periods with Sharpe is more challegning or just your style. I have always enjoy reading historical novels with military based chaeacters. Are you familiar with the American West series by the late Terry c. Johnston and his character Seanmus Donegan? Lastly, what historical novelist inspired you to become a writer and have you read any of C. Holland books. She is the only writer I’ve read who “kills’ off her heroes in her books. Thank you. Jeff Juri