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A review by writerlibrarian
Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell
4.0
After almost 5 years and getting all the Sharpe's books I finally, finally found a way into the series. I've tried 3 times before (well actually 4 times) to start reading this series set in the Napoleonian Wars period featuring Richard Sharpe, professional soldier, great leader, romantic lead and all around action hero. I've tried reading chronologically (twice) starting with Sharpe's Tiger (set in India) didn't work, I found myself not "getting" the feel of the character like there was many many layers I should get and didn't.
I tried Sharpe's Rifles because it was the first movie made, with the wonderful Sean Bean, alas nope. Still not getting into a series I knew in my bones that I would enjoy. Time passed. This spring I found this wonderful group of Age of sail people and someone said they read them as they came out. I went... oh my god... that's brilliant. And it was.
It truly was.
So Sharpe's Eagle. I loved it. You get right into the heart of the action, the character's motivation, wants and needs, the way the army works and the way the war is being fought. How the Spanish and the French and the British are in a huge, huge mess. I liked the tactical warfare, how Cornwell gets into Sharpe's head and how I love Harper.
Afterward, I checked out the chapter on Sharpe's Eagle in The Sharpe Companion. I found some wonderful background information that put what had really happened and what didn't.
I tried Sharpe's Rifles because it was the first movie made, with the wonderful Sean Bean, alas nope. Still not getting into a series I knew in my bones that I would enjoy. Time passed. This spring I found this wonderful group of Age of sail people and someone said they read them as they came out. I went... oh my god... that's brilliant. And it was.
It truly was.
So Sharpe's Eagle. I loved it. You get right into the heart of the action, the character's motivation, wants and needs, the way the army works and the way the war is being fought. How the Spanish and the French and the British are in a huge, huge mess. I liked the tactical warfare, how Cornwell gets into Sharpe's head and how I love Harper.
Afterward, I checked out the chapter on Sharpe's Eagle in The Sharpe Companion. I found some wonderful background information that put what had really happened and what didn't.