Dear Bernard.
I am nearly as old as you, and was a Napoleonic buff and wargamer in the 1980s and 90’s. When I went into my local bookshop and saw the paperback of Sharpe’s Rifles, I bought it straightway and read it in a day or so. I normally do not read much fiction, as have so much non fiction to read and study. It was great. I am sure that I recall a square being cut down and it struck me as the best piece of historical writing ever.
I thought I had all of the books until I saw a few new ones in hard cover, Fury and Escape etc. I now have these in hardback. And most of the DVD’s I most humbly thank you for bringing us Sharpe and raising the awareness of The Napoleonic Period.
Just a small point, you list on your website the order in which to watch the DVD’s, I notice in number 2 that Sharpe captured two eagles! Surely! even Sean Bean could not do that.
Best regards
Digby Green
New Zealand