I love the Sharpe’s series and have read many of the books more than once. They are not overtaxing on the brain while being full of educational observations. I want to love the films (I bought the whole set) and I love Sean Bean in the role, but the fighting is really staged poorly. Way too few on the battlefield and virtually no gore (I’m not into gore, but the reality of being wounded on the battlefield in 1800’s is one of the great historical aspects of the book). Your books helped put into context some of the literature of the war of 1812 which suggests Americans beat the British (esp. in New Orleans) by using rifles against muskets (as though the British didn’t have or were too stupid to use rifles) and that the British were offended that riflemen would shoot at officers because they were gentry. Keep up the good work,
Charlie