Dear Bernard, Just bought a copy of Sharpe’s Christmas and was pleasantly suprised to find it was signed, thank you. I recently finished readng Dan Brown’s Da Vinci code and having also read your Grail Quest I found myself comparing both books,. I feel the Grail seems more trouble than anything else, a big white elephant (I know they’re only fiction) and what do you think of the opinion regarding Mary Magdelene as the Grail? Finally having done a lot of research into my family name I believe it relates to Cheshire poachers, abit like Dan Hagman (Stealth fox) a worthy character name I believe. Thanks for your time, Alex