Hello! First of all, I’d like to start apologizing for any english mistakes. I’m brazilian, and even though I’ve been studying english for a long time (not to mention reading in english and movies/music/tv shows), I have never practice with any english speaker. I hope I can make myself understandable!
Second, and of course I need to say it, I love your books! Especially The Saxon Stories (and I’m looking forward to start The Sharpe Stories). One day I’ll have all of your books on my bookshelf ;)
But currently, I’m reading “Waterloo”. Now, I can’t quote exactly because I’m reading it in portuguese, but it’s about this passage: “Great Britain had just fought a war against the United Stated and most of its best regiments – veterans of Wellington’s victories – were still across the ocean. They were coming back, and some battalions found themselves traveling directly from America to the netherlands” (I’m so, so, so sorry for this poor translation. By the way, there are some words missing).
What I want to know is this: in 1814, how long it took to travel from USA to Europe? I thought it was something about a month. But the american war ended in january, and Waterloo battle took place in june, so I can’t really understand how the army was traveling still. Am I missing something?
I really hope I hear from you!
With the best wishes,
Roberta.