Dear Bernard, I have read and re-read most of the Sharpe books several times now and never get tired of them. I’m saving Escape and the Grail Quest’s Heretic for my holiday on Rhodes in a month’s time (beautiful island with a rich history, I’m sure you could find a lot of material there if you had the time). But I digress. The reason for this communication is that I have a couple of questions if you wouldn’t mind taking the time to answer. 1) Can’t remember which Sharpe book it is but Sharpe remembers one of Hogan’s favourite sayings as being “to cap a pie”. Sharpe doesn’t know what it means and neither do I. Could you enlighten me please. 2) In a few books the enemy believes that Wellington ‘Can defend, but is no good at attack’. Did he really have that reputation? If so I can’t imagine why! Thanks for time and for all the enjoyment. Regards, Ed