Hi, I have read everything you have written and thoroughly enjoyed them all. I have also bought the DVD set of Sharpe and again I am not disappointed. My question then is this. My Mum told me about an article in a local paper (local to Kieghley, West Yorkshire) which stated that the “Real Sharpe” was buried in Utley Cemetery which is just down t’road from me. Now I know that in the novels he is supposed to have come from Keithley so I am wondering if this is right and if so who the inspiration is. Typically my Mum told me this several days after chucking out the paper. Its also fantastic to have an Englishman as a hero for a change, unlike Hollywood where we are all portrayed as snooty cads and bounders at best!!! Nigel Booth