Dear Bernard Cornwell, Steve, 18 Dec 06, asked if /when Lords of the North and Sharpe’s Fury would be available in Australia. I can confirm that both are in bookshops (and I have bought them. Much of your backlist is also available, and any could be ordered in by any decent bookseller. I mentioned earlier that I was looking for the Winter King, but have found a second hand copy in Sydney. Thanks for your advice on finding a copy. Am enjoying Sharpe’s Fury. Poor guy, bad luck with his serious women, (good luck with non-serious ones) nearly bled to death in Sharpe’s Gold, seriously wounded by Lucille before falling for her and now a depressed fracture of the skull! I wonder that anyone survived in those days, especially in the military/navy. I guess that those who got to 20 or so, more or less unscathed, had excellent immune systems and constitutions of iron. Elizabeth Smith