Gazzola | 04 Aug 2021 4:02 a.m. PST |
Yes, it seems there is a new Sharpe book forthcoming at the end of this September. It's called Sharpe's Assassin. But I can't find any information on when or where the tale is set? |
Captain Clegg | 04 Aug 2021 4:26 a.m. PST |
Apparently, from here link 'It is June 20th,1815, two days after the battle of Waterloo and Richard Sharpe is summoned to the Duke of Wellington and ordered to lead his battalion into France on a vital mission.' |
korsun0 | 04 Aug 2021 4:28 a.m. PST |
IS this it? link Edit: Doh, beaten to it by captain Clegg! |
jsmcc91 | 04 Aug 2021 5:03 a.m. PST |
Time to dust off Sean Bean :) |
Gazzola | 04 Aug 2021 5:32 a.m. PST |
Yes, that looks like it. I wonder why there is no description about it in the usual booksellers? But for some reason, it is not grabbing me like the previous books. I'll have to have a good think about it, although I have already placed it on my Amazon wish list. LOL |
Irish Marine | 04 Aug 2021 6:05 a.m. PST |
|
Choctaw | 04 Aug 2021 6:33 a.m. PST |
But for some reason, it is not grabbing me like the previous books. I'll have to have a good think about it, although I have already placed it on my Amazon wish list. LOL What? You're getting it! I'm getting it! We're all getting it! :)
|
John the OFM | 04 Aug 2021 8:05 a.m. PST |
Will this be the Standard Sharpe Plot A, B or C? |
ColCampbell | 04 Aug 2021 8:18 a.m. PST |
|
John the OFM | 04 Aug 2021 9:31 a.m. PST |
Ah. The sinister French spy kills Sharpe's mistress. That's always a good one. And on top of that Napoleon accuses Sharpe of cheating at whist. |
Andyuk | 04 Aug 2021 11:08 a.m. PST |
Can anyone see a dead horse being flogged? |
John the OFM | 04 Aug 2021 11:26 a.m. PST |
There's a lot of deceased equine flagellation goin' round these here parts lately. |
14Bore | 04 Aug 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
Yet to get Sharpe's Havoc so better get going. |
ConnaughtRanger | 04 Aug 2021 12:52 p.m. PST |
A 15 year gap between novels is hardly flooding the market? |
SHaT1984 | 04 Aug 2021 3:18 p.m. PST |
You mean Cornwells finally killing him off? |
Korvessa | 04 Aug 2021 3:33 p.m. PST |
John I am starting to get the impression you may not be a fan. |
John the OFM | 04 Aug 2021 3:58 p.m. PST |
Oh, I've read all the books. I might have missed the very last one. And I enjoyed them. But I do not confuse enjoyment with "great literature". The Sharpe book series is formulaic. That isn't a Bad Thing. Some, if not most series are formulaic. How many different plots do the Sherlock Holmes stories have? Be honest. I actually think that the Flashman series is Great Literature, but again there is a basic plot. I prefer the series where the author cannot make up the history. Like Flashman, or even Sharpe. So if I say that Sharpe has three basic plots… I'm not knocking the books. Mocking maybe. It's like enjoying Country Music, all the while knowing that everyone is basically ripping off the Carter Family, who ripped off Irish and Scottish music. Maybe I'll read the newest Sharpe book. But I've probably already read it. |
Lieutenant Lockwood | 04 Aug 2021 8:24 p.m. PST |
Let me guess. Sharpe meets girl, has wild sex, then loses girl to stuffy aristocratic officer, then saves the Battle of XXXX pretty much by himself, wins back girl, has wild sex, then girl dies, Sharpe sad, but promoted. Woof. |
John the OFM | 04 Aug 2021 10:56 p.m. PST |
Oh, you've read it? Now I don't have to. |
ConnaughtRanger | 04 Aug 2021 11:15 p.m. PST |
Someone must be reading a different set of Sharpe novels from me? |
Gazzola | 05 Aug 2021 3:26 a.m. PST |
I don't think any author can produce books or tales that will please everyone. And no one is forced to buy and read them. But, considering the lack of Napoleonic themed fiction out there nowadays, it is a welcome publication. And only by buying and reading it will the reader know if it is a good or enjoyable book or not, in their opinion of course. In terms of literature. One man's work of literature can be another man's toilet paper. Literature, like art, is a matter of opinion. Look at War and Peace. A famous novel or to some, a piece of literature. But even the author said it was not a novel. And it started life as a serial in a newspaper with the title The Year 1805. Tolstoy also said he hoped to never write something as bloated as War and Peace again. Here are some views on this classic piece of literature. link Also, famous authors don't always agree with views on the works of other famous authors. link Before anyone accuses me of putting down War and Peace ro claiming the Sharpe books are classic works of literature, I have War and Peace and did read it, eventually. It was fine but not as enjoyable as reading the Sharpe books. But that's my opinion. Also in my opinion, the best thing is to buy the latest Sharpe book, read it, and then criticize it one way or the other, if one desires to say anything at all. |
Jcfrog | 05 Aug 2021 9:41 a.m. PST |
It might be a blunt Sharpe. |
Milgame | 06 Aug 2021 8:02 a.m. PST |
+1 for Gazzola: "But, considering the lack of Napoleonic themed fiction out there nowadays, it is a welcome publication." I will almost certainly buy it when it is published in December. However, the AWI era is even more poorly served by historical military fiction writers than the Napoleonic era, and I would welcome another AWI book by Cornwell or any other well-informed author. |
Gazzola | 15 Sep 2021 8:46 a.m. PST |
Not long to go now. I'm hoping to finish The Egypt Campaign novel by David Smethhurst and Strathern's non fiction Napoleon in Egypt before the new Sharpe and the Massena at Bay books arrive. Got to keep that unread pile down! LOL |