Hello. Firstly let me once more thank for your great books!!!!!!!!! I am right now reading Sharpe’s Sword and I just wondered how many of the Sharpe characters were purely fiction? Also I have not been able to find any info on the Southe Essex!!!!!! HOW COME?! Furhter more I would like to comment on the fact that the 95th are mentioned in the Hornblower series as a light foot regiment of redcoats under Major Sir Paul Edrington – which is correct? The mention in Hornblower or that of the Sharpe series????!!!! Best regards Christopher