Mr. Cornwell, thanks for again graciously answering my queries, and I look forward to ‘Azincourt’, more Sharpe, and Starbuck. A quick question: how would you compare Archduke Charles to Wellington, allowing for the fact that the Iron Duke inflicted Bonaparte’s final defeat? The Austrian is reckoned Napoleon’s “other” most gifted opponent, and his reforms of the polyglot Hapsburg army led to their standing firm against the French from 1809 on. (Aspern-Essling, etc.) Also, how do you rate the Russian leadership as compared to Wellington’s? Suvorov, who never faced Bonaparte himself, was a rare Tsarist general in his affinity for the common soldier, and Kutuzov dared to trade space for time and bloodied the French terribly at Borodino. Some contend that tangling with Suvorov would have gone hard for the little Corsican, or even ended his career early! Reputedly, the Grand Army had an expression: “you can’t just kill a Russian, you have to tip him over too!” (I believe that’s in “Swords Around a Throne.”) I’d appreciate your thoughts and “Sword Song” was great…thanks! Marc, New York USA