Dear Bernard, Thanks so much for creating such a character as Sharpe. I am finding (mostly) these days that historical fiction is rarely anything like the real thing, but I have to say I love the Sean Bean series, and I have only just recently bought my first two Sharpe original novels, and am looking forward to getting the rest as soon as possible. I haven’t even finished Sharpe’s Triumph yet, but this title so far is more than apt. What I love most is that the descriptions of the full terror of war is something you haven’t shied away from, and I wish to thank you for that. I don’t like films or series or books that make out war to be glossy and fun. No, I like to read something more closer to real life than fiction, and that is what Sharpe is to me. My Dad loves the TV series too, but I’m into getting the books to see all the differences there are from the TV series: one things for sure, if Triumph is anything to go by, then this series I’m just discovering now in book format is going to be just brilliant. Thank you for writing such a great Character Bernard, and I’m looking forward to any more Sharpe novels there might be in you to come! Keep on staying real!

Matthew David Rabjohns