Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799

Pros: The tension was palpable – I kept listening for the panting cat.

Cons: The tension was palpable – I kept listening for the panting cat.

The Bottom Line: Cornwell's Sharpe’s Tiger is an intriguing mix of fact and fiction. One would have to consult historical resources to separate the literal from the literary.

Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Tiger sweeps us from our 21st century easy chair and carries us to the living hell that was the daily existence of a British soldier in 18th century India. [Though not the first novel featuring soldier Sharpe,...

Pros: Great Historical fiction; exciting story; fun to read; minimum of profanity and naughtiness

Cons: Occasional use of foreign language that's undefined; some graphic violence (but it's a war book!)

The Bottom Line: If you love military history -- read it. If you love adventure -- read it. If you like to read -- read it.

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Pros: Highly Detailed and Realistic

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: GOOD READ

Review: In one scene early on in Sharpes Rifles a group of Spanish Officers dining with Lt. Sharpe attempt to do their best to provoke him. One of them on finding that Sharpe served in India begins to sing the praises of the Sultan Tippoo who had been a long...

Pros: Pros: Amazing military novel, full with suspense and action.

Cons: Cons: The foreing language usage (specially some hindu terms).

The Bottom Line: History lovers shoul read it, because it is an amazing and fun way to see the real life of the soldiers in the end of 18st century.

Review: Sharpe's Tiger is a military fiction written by Bernard Cornwell and talks about the british wars in Misore, India, 1799. The writer draws an realistic image of the british campaign commanded by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) while the ...

Pros: Great military fiction, no cartoons or cliches, suspenseful

Cons: None, really--does what it does well

Review: Bernard Cornwell has written over fifteen novels set primarily in the Napoleonic Wars (although the first couple are in India). The protagonist is Richard Sharpe, an up-from-the ranks English officer who spends half his time fighting the French and the...

Pros: Fills in some of the missing background to the "later" books, Pretty compelling read

Cons: Not as fresh as some of the others in the series .

The Bottom Line: The first in the Sharpe series, but it might not the best place to start

Review: As the 18th century draws to a close Private Richard Sharpe finds himself persecuted, bored and ready to run from the British Army while stationed in India. After a particularly brutal (and undeserved) punishment he's given the chance to escape from the ...