Mr Cornwell I am re-reading Gallows Thief the first time since it first came out and noticed a reference to the Indiaman Calliope. Obviously the same ship in which the young Richard Sharpe returned (or at least began his journey) from India in Sharpe’s Trafalgar. Was The Calliope a real ship or is it just a name you made up and used in both books? Regards Nigel James