

Sharpe's Tiger
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/17/2005
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/17/2005
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.
Most Americans know very little about the conquest of India by the British so these first volumes of Cornwell's Richard Sharpe series offer a glimpse into a a period of extraordinary achievement by the British. And as usual, Cornwell tells a very exciting story that is nearly impossible to put down. Frederick Davidson's reading of the book has a cultured diffidence that was initially off-putting, but the voices he uses for the various characters are so good that the overall experience of listening to his reading is a good one.
Ah, the delicious historical crack that is the Sharpe series. If ever there were a series of books that needed a drinking game, this is it, and I mean that in the best, most entertaining way possible. Sharpe hits something: drink! Sharpe is unjustly punished: drink! Sharpe saves the life of a superi......more
4.5 stars rounded up. Full review coming soon.........more
I've read and re-read the Sharpe series countless times. For me, they're arguably one of the finest collections of historical fiction written. Cornwell knows what he's doing and does it well. There are some easy potshots to take at the books. The biggest one is that each book is essentially the same......more