Book Review: Diana Gabaldon’s The Scottish Prisoner
Set in 1760, the unforgettable Lord John Grey – soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade – fights for his crown, his honor, and his own secrets.
Genre: fiction
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Sword
The greatest threat to Wellington’s Salamanca campaign is not Napoleon’s Army but France’s deadliest assassin. He has a second chance to kill Captain Richard Sharpe.
Book Review: David Weber’s Off Armageddon Reef
The few survivors of the genocide by the Gbaba fled to Safehold where a renegade group instilled mind control and hidden high tech to force humanity to stay at a medieval level. But now a “rebirth” is occurring.
Book Review: Joanna Philbin’s The Daughters
Lizzie and her two best friends juggle normal high school events, glamorous family functions, as they discover the pitfalls of fame and the importance of friendship.
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Battle: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
Captain Richard Sharpe must decide whether to destroy the entire Real Compañía Irlandesa or only those who betrayed Wellington’s army in this fight to the death.
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida
Captain Richard Sharpe must turn against his own men to find the hidden cache of Portuguese gold. It’s the only hope the bankrupt and outnumbered army has.
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Escape: Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign
Only Capt Richard Sharpe and a land wasted and stripped of food stands between Napoleon’s mighty army and the conquest of Portugal. Can they prevail against treachery?
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Eagle
Cowardly incompetence besmirches the South Essex and Captain Richard Sharpe must redeem it by capturing a golden French Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by Napoleon himself.
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Havoc: Portugal 1809
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Sharpe’s Havoc: Portugal 1809by Bernard Cornwell historical fiction, military fiction in Paperback edition that was published by HarperCollins on 2003 and has 370 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Sharpe’s Fortress: India 1803, Sharpe’s Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe & the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805, arpe’s Prey: Denmark, 1807, Sharpe’s Rifles, Sharpe’s Eagle, Sharpe’s Escape: Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, Sharpe’s Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, Sharpe’s Battle: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, Sharpe’s Company, Sharpe’s Sword, Sharpe’s Fury: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, Sharpe’s Enemy: The Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812, Sharpe’s Honor, Sharpe’s RegimentSeventh in the Richard Sharpe military fiction series revolving around a lieutenant promoted up from the ranks. The action encompasses a retreat from Soult out of Oporto just before Wellesly arrives. My Take It’s an interesting contrast between the “superior” upperclass blue blood values and those of scum from the gutter. Cornwell is […]
Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Rifles
New to command, Lt Richard Sharpe must lead the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles to safety via a dangerous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.