Dear Bernard Please let me first congratulate you on winning the award. You undoubtedly deserve it. In regards to Omans work thank you for the reccomendation, sadly only the first two volumes have been reprinted so far and so I will have to wait for the rest. I have a query in regards to the Flanders campaign I heard that there was another one in 1799 with the Russians as well as Wellingtons 1793 campaign. But cannot find any info on it what so ever and I was writing to you to ask if you could help and whether you know of any good books on either of the campaigns?? did we have better luck the second time round????? And in return since other poster mentioned Irish history I can reccomend Padraig Lenhians recent and excellent book on the battle of the Boyne and having the courage to wade into what is admittedly a bit of a minefield?????? Also will you ever wite any more books set during the American revolution from the British perspective which has been sadly lacking in literature from a fictional point of view and have you ever consdiered writing about Simcoe and the campaigns of the Queens Rangers which had a similar reputation as the 95th of later years. Simcoes history of the Partisan Corps while very hard (and expensive) to get is still worth a read. As well as Boatners huge Encyclopedia of the American Revolution and Fortescue’s history of the British army in America I can all reccomend. Finally in regards to Sharpe while it was great news that Dulong survived I was wondering if you ever thought of bringing him back say to Burgos or one of the French victories on the East Coast since as you said in Havoc it seemed unfair that he got beaten by Sharpe in a fictional village it seems only fair that the favour is returned. Also in regards to Albuera its kind of strange that the British were the goddams yet Soult was also the Duke of Damnation. Its also hard not to feel kind of sorry for him since his Albuera plan if it had worked it would have undoubtedly been one of the finest victories of the war and would have done except for that astohnishing infantry. It would be a literary crime if Sharpe were to miss that fight. Anyway congrats again on winning the award.
Geraint