Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have read all your books in the Strbuck, Sharpe and Grail Quest series, all of which I have deeply enjoyed, in each a question or two have crossed my mind; In the Sharpe series (and gerneal history of that era): At Waterloo, was it Marshal Neys entire fault for the battle to be lost? If he had not got the French cavalry all but destryoed, would Napoleon have won the battle in your opinion? 2) Was military discipline of the time (for the common private) completely dependant on the judgement of the regiments Colonel’s decision? And how had military discipline developed from the begining of the C18th to the Napoleonic wars? In the Grail quest series: Was the long bow, more powerful, more accurate, longer ranged or none of these than the crossbow? Was its only advantage its rapid rate of fire? 2) Why did no other countries in Europe, seeing the sucess of the longbow against the French not adopt it for themselves? In the Starbuck chronicles: Why did you stop writing them? I personaly preffered them to the Sharpe novels (not to the Grail quest novels, but that is purely to do with my love of medieval history), and was rather disapointed when they stopped? Yours faithfuly, William Richards