Of course I agree that Sharpe’s daughter Antonia was far better off being brought up by relatives than being dragged behind her father’s battles, but at some point in her life she is surely going to seek answers to the many questions she must have about her father? And Sharpe, in peace and in Normandy must surely wonder about her? I realise that these quests often lead at best to nothing or simply frustration and sadly sometimes to a lot worse but I feel there is a loose end to tie up here, not that I envy you trying to do it; the subject of abandoned children (not willfully, as is so often the case) is fraught with so many regrets, recriminations, guilt and sadness. Joelle