Dear Bernard, first of all thank you for signing my book at Waterstones, much appreciated. Hope you do not mind but I have lots of questions over a variety of different series that I did not ask you at the signing. If you get back to Starbuck can we ever see him at rather unkonwn battles in the west like Perryville and Stones River? I mean Thomas got to Nievlles cross and back for La Roche Derrian why not Starbuck to the above besides I have to admit I would love for Starbuck to fight the Army of the Cumberland and how he contrasts his views of the Northern soldiers (pampered, badly led fighters) with people who would think him a paper collar easterner ,be quite a shock I would imagine. Also would he ever meet the excellent Pat Cleburne since Shelby Foote reckoned him the best divisional commander of the US civil war and its not hard to see why . .########################## As for Sharpe will he find out that Pumphery murdered Astrid and her father ? And will Sharpe be with the Fussiler brigade (please let him meet the equaly interesting Thomas Pearson) at Albuera. Also I know Sharpe promised not to fight Americans and you do not want to involve Sharpe in the war of 1812 but if you got Sharpe to Canada they would be fighting him and not the other way around so in an weird way he would still be keeping his promise and still be able to fight them while defending and not attacking also they (unlike the French) had Rifle regiments and it would be great to see Sharpe fight a rifle man to truly be the best of the best. r################################ You have written about Thomas but do you think you will ever do a prequel over his rather interesting farther and how he got to Hookton?############################### Anyway thanks again. Geraint