Dear Mr. Cornwell,
I’ve enjoyed all your books immensely for several years and became very excited when I started reading Sharpe’s Escape and saw that two of the characters shared my last name, Ferreira. However, my excitement turned to horror when I realized that they were two of the most traitorous and despicable villains in the Sharpe series.
I’m hoping, as others have suggested, that you may bring back the character of Major Ferreira, but that he will have realized the error of his treacherous ways and redeem our good name. By the way, did you pick the name for any particular reason or just because it is a more common Portuguese name?
thanks,
Jim Ferreira