Dear Mister Cornwell. Have just finished re-reading the Sharpe collection and topped it up with Mark Urban’s ‘Rifles’. I have collected Mark Adkin’s ‘Sharpe Companion-Early Years’ but the other Volume is hard to get. Would you know how I can get it? Also, would it be hard to get a replica of 95th Rifles uniforms and Baker Rifles for a reinactment force here in Eire. Would it be expensive? Any chance of you comin back to Eire cos I wouldn’t mind meeting you and havin a grand chat. I am a SAS member and am a fan of Arthur and Grail trilogies. May read ‘Redcoat’ I hear it’s superb. I always think Sharpe’s Company is the most overwhelming as it shows Sharpe’s true feelings towards life. He offers himself to sacrifice just to see his only family. I have all books, (even short stories, DVD’s, bookmarks, photos and the odd book about Napoleonic Wars). Thanks for all. You were saying that Hornblower inspired you and made your love for that era. Your Sharpe books have helped many, including myself to understand and love it. Honest to God, you are a true author and when my book ‘Flame of Freedom’ about the Wexford Rebellion of 1798 is published soon, I would be honoured if you could give your thoughts. Talk to you soon. Dia Saor Eire (Harper’s famous ‘God save Ireland’). Slan go foill a chara. Colum O’Rourke