Dear Sir, Being born in ’86 I was a little too late for televised sharpe (England), I never really understood the stories at that early age and just told my dad to tell me when the shootin’ started! But my secret passion for 19th century warfare caught up with me, and I recently managed to scrape enough money together to buy the DVD box-set. I got Havoc last Christmas, and I’ve been reading them chronologically ever since, and just finished Eagle today (just in time for the next for escape), quite an impressive CV sharpe would have. I’m curious to know, apart from the obvious, the extent of your influence of the television shows, as there seems to be big differences in the stories. Were you ever invited on set for help? Thank you for your time James Trethowan