Review:The fort is another great book by Bernard Cornwell. If you want to understand what life was like or serving in either army competing in long ago wars was like this is your author. You will love his main characters like they were your own family. Great sub plots. Amazing how accurately history is told while being entertained. In my option one of the top fiction authors ever. Read more

Review:I have been enjoying the Richard Sharpe books from the beginning. This is the seventh book in the series. Cornwell does a great job with these historically based novels. If you like history, action and suspense, then you will enjoy this series. Read more

Review:This is the first Sharpe novel I've read and what a mistake it was to wait so long. My general avoidance of fiction, especially of the serial nature, caused me to foolishly ignore this series. Sharpe's Tiger was a mixed blessing: Yes, I loved the book, but as another reviewer warned, I am now addicted. Thankfully, I picked the right book to start with, this being the first chronologically in Sharpe's military career.
Now, rather than go into detail about the plot and characters (which have... Read more

Review:Another powerful work from one of the best historical novelists of this or any generation. One comes away with period information, while being entertained and educated. Glad I decided to give this series a shot... Read more

Review:This is an excellent historical novel. Do not start with this book. Read the first two in the series. This exciting novel by Bernard Cornwell gives the reader an excellent impression as to what life was like during this time period. The pace was excellent the characters were well-developedand the battle scenes were captivating Read more

Review:This is another one of BC great reads, this time with a bit of old time chivalry and romance. A little bit more humour as well as battle strategy and the cold hard realities of war back in those times. Read more

Review:Bernard Cornwell is awesome. I have been reading only his books this winter, finish on, start the next. I just started Excalibur, the only thing I get so annoyed with Arthur and his do-gooder attitude, I would like to get into the rhetoric and slap some sense into him, but I suppose that is exactly what Cornwell has in mind. Once you pick up one of his books...you will be definitely hooked. Read more

Review:this was particularly excellent historical novel. it had the usual page turning action. it had an illumination of the importance of the longbow in the history of the era covered and a colorful etching of the life and folk of that historical time. bravo! Read more

Review:I had been reading the Sharpe series and wanted to read the true story before I continued with the fiction. Of course you could still tell that it was Cornwell doing the writing. This book, "Waterloo", showed how opportunities were missed on both sides, and how important leadership is in battle. Napoleon and Wellington had completely different styles. Wellington right up front, and Napoleon from the rear. Communications played a critical role in the outcome, as did trust in your allies. An... Read more

Review:Sharpe's Eagle was the first book written in the series and falls as the eighth in the current chronological sequence. Wherever you place Sharpe's Eagle, it's a marvelous story . . . one that you will long remember.

All of the great themes of the series are beautifully developed in this story: foolish dim-witted privilege versus low-birth but professional skill and courage; the lowly, poor Sharpe being fascinated by and fascinating beautiful women desired by richer, more powerful men; qui... Read more