Hi Some of us at a Napoleonic discussion group have been discussing army discipline. When someone mentioned flogging I brought up the situation in Sharpe’s Tiger where Sharpe was supposed to get 2000 lashes and knew that there was only a slim chance of survival. A few of the people there, who haven’t read the books (I keep hinting that they should but no luck yet) were wondering if you’d based this aspect of Sharpe’s story on real-life examples? I’m quite happy to accept Sharpe’s version of events but sadly not everyone is… Marie.