Dear Bernard,
I just wanted to let you know that I have completed the Sharpe novels and to thank you so very much for writing them. Since childhood I have loved books by authors such as Rosemary Sutcliffe, Henry Treece and Robert Welch and so your books were a most glorious treat for me. I think my husband may be happy he will no longer be treated to interesting titbits such as how long it took to load a musket and the supremacy of rifles but I am bereft.
Once more I offer a huge thankyou and please don’t worry about replying I am sure you have better things to do!
Ayesha