Sharpe

**beloitpiper** · 3rd August 09, 09:46 PM

I'm through Sharpe's Enemy and I'm totally hooked. This series is awesome. I'm really into naval warfare during the Napoleonic Wars and have been a big fan of the Hornblower series. From there I found Sharpe and I love it. Anybody else a fan of either?

**puddlemuddle** · 3rd August 09, 10:38 PM

I love both of them, although I haven't read a lot of the books, I have seen the series (Horatio Hornblower) done by A&E and all of the Sharpe movies with Sean Bean!
AWESOME!
Cheers,
Chad

**Panache** · 3rd August 09, 10:55 PM

Greg,

I very much enjoyed the Richard Books, though I haven't seen the television series.

Cheers

Jamie:ootd:

**CDNSushi** · 4th August 09, 12:27 AM

I've watched a few of the series on TV. I didn't think I'd enjoy them much but I found them quite compelling, actually... They just kinda suck you in, if you know what I mean.

**McClef** · 4th August 09, 02:18 AM

I never was keen on Sharpe but I read all the Hornblower novels of CS Forester (and the "biography" by C. Northcote Parkinson) and enjoyed the TV adaptations too!

**CDNSushi** · 4th August 09, 02:26 AM

I think I watched the first six or so... I wonder if I could get my hands on the full series (here in the Far East)...

Anyway, here's a wiki link for the uninitiated.

The books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...l_character%29

The TV series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_%28TV_series%29

**DWFII** · 4th August 09, 06:38 AM

I've read all the Sharpe books plus some of Cornwell's others. He's a good writer and I like his stuff although I have caught him out in a few anachronisms...especially as it relates to footwear..

If you like Forester, you would really enjoy Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey series. There's 20 books in the series...each one much more detailed, serious, and wonderful than anything else I've read in that genre. When you hit 20 you wish there were 20 more. All of them set during the very late 18th and early 19th century.

You might also like the Bolitho series by Alexander Kent.

**macwilkin** · 4th August 09, 07:13 AM

And for a tounge-in-cheek look at Victorian history, check out George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series!

T.

**KD Burke** · 4th August 09, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by DWFII

If you like Forester, you would really enjoy Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey series.

Hear, Hear!! To me, the most notable thing about O'Brian's work is how even the minor characters change and grow over the series. And the humor, which is brilliant.