"True Soldier Gentlemen Review" Topic

"Since the end of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe books, I have missed a good series of Napoleonic historical fiction.

It is now 13 years since the last in the series, and although Bernard is still churning out great books, it doesn't look as if Richard Sharpe is going to make a comeback. I still have a vain hope that he might turn up, as many of his riflemen comrades did, with Bolivar in the South American Wars of Liberation.

It is a tough act to follow, but I had missed Adrian Goldsworthy's series, which starts with 'True Soldier Gentlemen'. I associate this author with the Roman army and have several of his non-fiction books on that subject. He has published six in what he said was a planned 12 books, culminating in Waterloo. The first six came out at a very steady pace, but there hasn't been one since 2015…."

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Amicalement
Armand

Cornwell has recently stated that he will be writing a new Sharpe story – possibly after finishing the current "Last Kingdom" novel. I struggled to get into Goldsworthy's Napoleonic series – there were too many rather similar characters. I warmed to them by Books 3, 4 and beyond.

Thanks!.

Amicalement
Armand