Dear Mister Cornwell, I saw ‘Sharpe’s War’ on the History Channel today for the first time. It was a bundle of interesting atmospheric information that gives the audience a true insight into the Peninsular War. Will their ever be a book that will reveal Sharpe’s paternal roots or take him on another journey after the Napoleonic Wars? Possibly, if you are interested, you could write a book about Sharpe meeting Harper in Dublin where they would visit the quiet and barren rocky Vinegar Hill in Wexford where the well-armed King’s forces overwhelmed the Irish rebels under Father John Murphy and his Irish forces in 1798. You could put it that Harper becomes overwhelmed in emotion and Sharpe cheers him up or something like that. You could put a plot about a notorious Dublin Castle spy linking a relation of Harper’s to the United Irishmen or some other rebel outfit. It might not have to be the same story line but it could occur before the Famine of 1845 where you could have the Harper family emigrating to the good old USA and give a final parting to the Sharpe-Harper friendship. Well, it’s only an idea. You see, Irish fans got well excited when you place a lot of Irishness in your books. Maybe even a few chapters in Ireland to meet Harper would be interesting. By the way, when do you think the next few Sharpe’s will be out? Thanks a million Good Luck. Colum O’Rourke p.s Harlequin and the Grail stories have my mother preoccupied for the time being, thank God.