Hello Mr Cornwell, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Sharpe’s Escape – especially as it was delivered to me earlier than the date on the Amazon site and took me by surprise! I admit I was shocked at Lawford’s behaviour as regards Sharpe and Slingsby at first but then it does fit in with his later behaviour in Regiment though I had still thought he appreciated Sharpe more since this was just after Gold where he comes across much nicer! I did like Leroy’s comment about waiting forever for an apology for Sharpe! I have a few questions though. How come the Ensigns serving under like Illife are always unlucky? Obviously it’s not just being a junior officer because Price survives and all the other officers were Ensigns once too! But the same thing happened to Illife as to Denny, Matthews and MacDonald – I suspect being Sharpe’s subordinate is something of a curse! I’ve been left wondering what happened to various people at the end of the book – Slingsby, Sarah, Vicente, Ferreira and Bullen. Will any of them appear in later books or are they just going to “disappear?” Lastly, I was wondering how old Price is when he first appears in Sharpe’s Battle? He’s definitely one of my favourite characters so I hope he appears in later books. I love the conversation he has with D’Alembord at Waterloo – especially where he’s buttered the Colonel’s sash! Looking forward to your new book when it comes out, as always. Marie.