Dear Mr Cornwell, Congratulations on all your fantastic novels, I have read them all. I have just finished Sharpe’s Regiment for the second time. In the book it discusses the way of recuitment in the British army and tells you of conscription in the French, do you know the way in which the other allied armies recuited soldiers? And was it different when countries were under French control? Keep writing. I look forward to reading the Pale Horseman. regards, Simon