Hi Bernard,
I have recently completed a novel by one of your rivals about the Duke of Wellington. The passage that really caught my eye was where, before the battle of Vittoria, the Light Division had caught the French rearguard and inflicted a heavy defeat on them. the author describes a Major of the 95 th who caught Wellingtons eye as he carried a rifle as well as a heavy cavalry sword, when he had reported to the commander of the Light Division, the response was “Thank you Richard.” An image of Richard Sharpe came instantly to mind. I discussed it with a friend at work who is also an avid reader of your books, particularly the Saxon Stories and he agreed that it was the one and only Mr Sharpe and this was the authors way of paying an enormous compliment to you fantastic writing. What do you think?
Terry Coulton