Dear Mr Cornwell, I love all the books you have written, and read them all over and over again!! I do have a small question however, why does Sharpe’s style of speech change throughout his career from the unpolished to the exact and slightly stiff style he demonstrates when he finally commands his own battalion? I appreciate he has grown up and matured but I am curious all the same! Also…. why does Sweet William behave so rudely towards Sharpe in Sharpe’s Waterloo? And why does Sharpe let him get away with it? Is it simply jealousy over Sharpe’s new married state? I felt sorry for Richard!!! thank you so much for many many hours of blissfull reading!!!! Emma Sheppard.