I would just like to say thank you, through your brilliant creation of the Sharpe series I have found an excitement in reading again. My appetite for literature was severly dulled during my school career. It was your books that brought life back in to characters and situations. I have enjoyed with a grasping relish watching Sharpe as a character grow, not only did I like many people feel a certain comfort in Sharpes demure but also in the honest brutality which his character lived life. I suppose the question everyone asks is, will there be any more? Although finally reaching the end I understand now that there may not be anywhere else for Sharpe to go and that he might possibly find contentment, I’m sure he and Harper will find something to keep themselves occupied in my imagination. Thank you Simon

Mr Cornwell, I would like to ask you a couple of questions. I have read most of the Sharpe novels with a few gaps which I am now trying to fill in. I am just about to finish Sharpe’s Tiger. First of all can I say that I think that ‘Tiger’ is one of the best Sharpe novels, if not the best. My questions are these. Sharpe’s Tiger and Sharpe’s Devil are currently the first and last in the series, will that always be the case or do you plan to write any earlier or later Sharpe novels? My second question is this. In Sharpe’s Tiger (page 137 to be precise) Sharpe says that Sheffield is a ‘Good place’ and talks about a pub on Pond Street. Is it pure coincidence that Sharpe played on TV by Sheffield’s finest Sean Bean makes reference to Sheffield or did you write those words with Sean Bean in mind, and is there/was there ever a pub called The Hawle on Pond Street? Thankyou. Barry Evans, Doncaster, UK