Dear Bernard, Please find attached…ok, yes I did read your guidelines, so I’ll keep my manuscript to myself. Getting to the serious point, thank you so much for your work! The 1st novel of yours I read was Azincourt and an excellent read. But I was attracted to your work by the Sharpe TV series. I have just finished reading the series, it was one where I felt sad on finishing Sharpe’s Devil, knowing it was the last. If I have a single criticism, it would be that Sharpe’s Devil was one too many. I am thankful to the TV series because I am not usually a historical fiction reader so may never have picked your work. Watching the series now, I find it sad that they have done so little justice to your work. One of the items I looked forward to in each book were your historical notes, they were always fascinating. I saw a documentary on Waterloo just after reading Sharpe’s and found it frustrating as so much differed from your work. Amusingly, my instinct was to believe a work of fiction supported by a few notes over an hour of “experts”. It didn’t take long to prove my instinct correct. As an amateur student of astrophysics, sadly, I find the same frustrations in my area of particular interest. I will certainly be picking up your other books and look forward to having a complete collection. In truth, this mail could have been written in a single sentence. Thank you so much for the wonderful journey through India, Europe and South America. All the very best Simon