Reading Sharpe’s Trafalgar I note that as Sharpe leaves India, you describe the sun setting over the city. Bombay, virtually all of it, faces west & the harbor is west of the city… as the ship Sharpe was on would b sailing west he would be looking east, back at the city lit by the setting sun.
I’ve read most of your books. This is the only inaccuracy I have found, but I’m sure you get notes on all sorts of details. Actually I used the Bombay detail to provide you with some feedback:
Your work is superb. I have kept what sanity I have as the Trump disaster unfolds & our democracy unravels listening to & reading the Shape books. Tonight however I will enjoy 1365. Maybe Red Coat next, then Starbuck… or …?
You are really the lord of battle. I love O’Brian & have read most of his work as well, but your description of Trafalgar, especially the slow pace of the approach – is absolutely spot on. I’d be interested to know who influenced whom more, you or O’Brian.
As bad as our immigration policy is & may become, I am very thankful for the green card situation that prompted you to begin to write. Respectfully
NN