Sharpe's Eagle - Bernard Cornwell Reviews

Sharpe's Eagle is part of a series of books by Bernard Cornwell, the series is based on a fictional British Soldier, Richard Sharpe during the 17/1800's, it is historically fiction based on real battles and sometimes real events during this time. The books where originally during the Napoleonic wars but Bernard Cornwell has since written about his ...  Read the complete review

After watching all of the television series, Sharpe, and having extolled it's virtues to all and sundry, I was advised to read the novels on which it was based. I began my delve into these books with Sharpe's Rifles (which was one of the later books to be written) was duly impressed and started on this, Sharpe's Eagle, the first to be written (and ...  Read the complete review

A military based book really is not my cup of tea, and this is why I anticipated not liking this book. However, having read some of Bernard Cornwell’s other stuff, and been suitably impressed, I decided to hold back my reservations and give this book a chance, and am I glad I did so! Telling the story of Army personnel agent Sharpe ...  Read the complete review

Fans of bernard Cornwell will be happy but I would not recommend this book to 'Sharpe virgins'. It has some moments, which ar very rare in the sharpe series when the reader may look at his watch or how long is left. The story is good, and beats pretty much anything else on the market as a book in its own right but it has been beaten by at ...  Read the complete review