Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809

Pros: A TERSE, SWEEPING ADVENTURE YARN

Cons: ONLY MINOR POINTS

The Bottom Line: THE "START" OF A GREAT SERIES

Review: Spain July 1809. Sir Arthur Wellesley is about to march his small Anglo-Portuguese Army East towards Madrid and the centre of the country. Here he will join forces with the Army of his Spanish allies and meet and hopefully defeat at Talavara the French...

Pros: Fast paced read that never gets too bogged down in historical fact

Cons: Perhaps too much violence for some (but not for me)

The Bottom Line: The first of the series to be written and a perfect introduction to the world of Sharpe....

Review: After watching all of the television series, Sharpe, and having extolled it's virtues to all and sundry, I was advised to read the novels on which it was based. I began my delve into these books with Sharpe's Rifles (which was one of the later books to ...