taskforce58 | 31 Mar 2014 7:17 p.m. PST |
I'm still a relatively new comer to everything about the Napoleonic War, and right now I am about halfway through my first Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe book (Sharpe's Escape). I understand the books' publishing order is not the same as the storyline's chronological order. Is there a preferred/recommended order to read them, and which ones in the series are considered better than the others? |
Irish Marine | 31 Mar 2014 7:31 p.m. PST |
Start with Sharpe's Tiger and go from there. I love these book I read them once a year and I play Sharpe's Practice from Two Fat Lardies. Here is a link to the authors site. link |
bakblast | 31 Mar 2014 8:25 p.m. PST |
Escape is one of my favorites (Sharpe is so surly). Here is the chronology. 1 tiger, 2 triumph, 3 fortress, 4 trafalgar, 5 prey, 6 rifles, 7 havoc, 8 eagle, 9 gold, 10 escape, 11 fury, 12 battle, 13 company, 14 sword, 15 enemy, 16 honor, 17 regiment, 18 siege, 19 revenge, 20 waterloo, 21 devil. Enjoy! |
MAD MIKE | 31 Mar 2014 8:50 p.m. PST |
Many of the TV episodes can be found complete on YouTube. |
Cerdic | 01 Apr 2014 2:11 a.m. PST |
I would avoid the TV series. The budget was way too low, the storylines had only a passing resemblance to the books, and Sean Bean lacks menace and a London accent! As far as the books go, I preferred the ones that were written earlier and the ones set in India. Eagle, Honour, Gold and Regiment come to mind
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Sparker | 01 Apr 2014 2:48 a.m. PST |
Enjoy the journey! Great reading ahead of you
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George Krashos | 01 Apr 2014 3:01 a.m. PST |
Rifles and Eagle are great. |
RazorMind | 01 Apr 2014 6:10 a.m. PST |
just know that you will love to hate Hakeswill. :-) |
Gnu2000 | 01 Apr 2014 11:23 a.m. PST |
I'd be tempted to start with Sharpe's Eagle (first one written) and Sharpe's Enemy (just a brilliant little adventure). Then go back and read them in chronological order as bakblast listed them. |
deadhead | 01 Apr 2014 12:48 p.m. PST |
But in the first episode of Sharpe TV-wise you do get to see a very young Liz Hurley in all her glory ("My compliments ma'm", was all Sean B could think to say; and can you blame him?)
.a defining moment in television history. Worth the price of the box set! |
Raynman | 01 Apr 2014 6:32 p.m. PST |
I just started re-reading them myself. I love them! |