Hello Mr. Corwell, First, thanks for all the many wonderful hours of reading and rereading your many books have provided me. They are wonderful plots, and I have learned an immense amount from them. Second, I am curious about the name “Braithwaite.” You used it in Sharpe’s Trafalgar (Malachi Braitwaite, Lord William’s secretary, who Sharpe murders) and in Escape (Midshipman Braitwaite on the gunboat in the Tagus). I assume there is no connection, but was curious about the same, as I had never heard it before and was intrigued that you had used it twice. Is/Was it a common name in the UK? Was there any reason beyond coincidence that you used it twice? Third, another name: In one or more of the Sharpe (or Starbuck, perhaps?) books there is a character with the last name of Horrell (Jedediah, maybe?) Can you tell me anything about the name Horrell? Is it Welsh? Do you know anything about its origin? Thanks for any insight you can provide with the names and many thanks for all your wonderful books -they have been a delight to me! Cathy Helgeland