Been reading Sharpe since 1984 when I picked up a hardback copy of Sharpe’s Gold in the remainder pile at Waldenbooks. (Remember Waldenbooks?) I now have them all on my shelf in one form or another and I’m in for the long haul. As well as the Last Kingdom, Winter King… everything you’ve written. Thank you for the hundreds of hours spent in the imagined hills and parched fields of Spain and other places even more exotic. You keep well and carry on.
Favorite bit – Sharpe and Nairn sharing ham and toast on the occasion of Sharpe’s promotion to major. The TV series did not do justice to the delicious richness of this scene. Ham (with mustard) and toast has become a favorite standby snack.
William Bodin