DEAR MR. CORNWELL, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SHARPE SERIES BY MY BROTHER A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN EVER SINCE. QUITE HONESTLY I WASN’T VERY INTERESTED AT FIRST UNTIL MY BROTHER INDICATED THAT SHARPE REMINDED HIM OF ME. NOT SURE WHY! ANYWAY, MY QUESTION IS THIS: I FIND MANY CHARACTERS IN YOUR NOVELS VERY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY THE NONFICTION VARIETY. I FIND SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY ONE OF THE MORE FASCINATING PEOPLE I HAVE EVER READ ABOUT AND FIND MYSELF ADMIRING THIS MAN VERY MUCH. CAN YOU RECOMMEND A BOOK THAT TELLS MORE ABOUT WELLESLEY? HIS MEMOIRS? ALSO, I REALIZE THAT RICHARD SHARPE IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER, BUT IS THERE ANYONE WHO PARALLELS THIS CHARACTER AND HIS ADVENTURES EVEN IN THE SLIGHTEST? IF SO, I WOULD LIKE TO READ ABOUT THIS NONFICTION PERSON AS WELL. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL BOOKS. LOVE ALL YOUR CHARACTERS AND THE WONDERFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF THEM AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACHOTHER. ESPECIALLY SHARPE AND HARPER. WHAT AN AWESOME PAIR AND SO BELIEVABLE. SINCERELY, RYAN HIGGINBOTHAM

About two months ago, I came across an intro offer on Sharpe’s Eagle. I took it up, and enjoyed it immensely. I have been mulling over checking out your books for some time, but no longer reading fiction, I passed them by. Since that first book, I have read six more. My question is about Wellington, was he much like your portrait of him, in style, demeanor, and tone? I am referring to his personal character, not just his military skill. Moreover, were you to go into Barnes and Noble, or Borders, and looking for a biography on Wellington, there are not many to select from. But were you to check out Bonaparte, there are many selections, and most of them are recent publications. To what do you account for the discrepancy? Kind of odd, so much on Bonaparte, little of Wellington? What is the best bio to explore his full career, including India? I would love to know. Thanks, and keep up the excellent work. I hope you are hard at it, someone so talented has no business doing anything but WRITING! Dan McCuen, Esquire