Good Day Mr Cornwell. I have been reading Sharpe now for about five years since the age of twelve, and have enjoyed every book. I think that the way you create such an image of 18th/19th century life is very effective and that’s what helps bring your books to life. What I really wanted to know was how you manage to gather this information. I know that in Sharpe’s Tiger you actually visited India to research the city of Seringaptam, which muct have been a truely amazing experience. Is this true for all the Battlefields in the Sharpe books or do you use other methods? I am now very interested in everything Sharpe related, but am also reading some of your other books, such as the Starbuck Chronicles. Thank you for Sharpe, and I hope there will be more excellent books to come. regards William Hughes.