"Indian Mutiny & Crimean war novels by V A Stuart" Topic
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05 Feb 2012 9:47 a.m. PST
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| sjwalker38 | 05 Feb 2012 7:26 a.m. PST |
Anyone read them? Any good or the usual 'historical' rubbish on a par with the Fonthill series? Seem to be two series, the 'Sheridan' series featuring an officer of the EIC and the 'Hazard' series featuring a RN officer in the same period…. |
| Irish Marine | 05 Feb 2012 8:16 a.m. PST |
Simon Fonthill series Rocked they were fun to read. |
| Sergeant Paper | 05 Feb 2012 8:48 a.m. PST |
Hazards are fun, I had a couple in my collection until I had to move interstate… Not as wordy as Sharpe or Aubrey, not as formulaic as Bolitho. |
| 15th Hussar | 05 Feb 2012 10:32 a.m. PST |
Both are "good, solid" series and provide an excellent history, especially the Sheridan series. I highly recommend them, especially if you can get the old used Pinnacle PBs from the 70's at a cheap price! |
| Katzbalger | 05 Feb 2012 8:05 p.m. PST |
Thanks--I might have to check these out! Rob |
| jdpintex | 06 Feb 2012 8:35 a.m. PST |
I read them as a teenager and recently bought both series for a re-read. (gotta love Amazon). I thoroughly enjoyed them as a teen and as an adult. Sergeant Paper has it about right. Not as wordy nor as formulaic. Great for coming up with scenarios for small actions. |
| sjwalker38 | 06 Feb 2012 2:08 p.m. PST |
Irish Marine: I tried a couple of the Fonthill books and was put off by the steriotypical characters (a Welshman who has to demonstrate his welshness by saying 'look you' a lot), the completely unrealistic plots (Fonthill riding into the Royal kraal at the height of the Zulu war and explaining to Cetshwayo was a bad thing)and the poor characterisation of historical characters – an avuncular Wolseley being a particular case in point. :-) Seems like Stuart is worth investigating… |
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