Hello Bernard
I have form a number of years been a big reader of your fiction, having bought the Sharpe series twice!! and read them all 3 times over the years. because of your style and more specifically your actual historic summary at the end, I have read most of your other historic stuff too.
The reason, then for writing is to tell you what this has actually achieved for me.
As a direct result of being inspired by the above mentioned stuff, 5 years ago I decided to undergo a History degree with the OU. I have 1 year left to go – and also until I retire too. Retiring means that there is limited real value of a degree other than the pure enjoyment of doing it. I was amazed at how the Sharpe stuff dovetailed in with the study but in this I would suggest a similar series to those of the 14the century, but for the turbulent 16th and 17th. – that way you would have covered most of the period I have studied. :) I have enjoyed the course immensely so thanks for the motivation and keep writing.
regards
Dave