Waterloo

Name: Waterloo
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Bernard Cornwell
ISBN: 9781433269530

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 06/17/2005

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

After the British suffered heavy losses on the road to Waterloo, Wellington has few reserves of men and ammunition, and the French advance wields tremendous firepower. Victory seems impossible. However, Richard Sharpe has not yet finished his career.

About Bernard Cornwell

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adrian on August 19, 2020

I've just re-read the entire series over several months (with a few other books sprinkled here and there). I would rate Bernard Cornwell number one when it comes to historical fiction, and the Sharpe series is my favourite of his many stories. Obviously some are better than others but a few really s......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on October 03, 2021

Read this book in 2006, and its the 20th volume, chronologically, of the magnificent Richard Sharpe series. Set in in the year AD 1815, and we're heading to and will end with the famous Battle of Waterloo. At first a society feast is celebrated in Brussels in AD 1815, when the French under Emperor Nap......more

Goodreads review by Benghis on August 04, 2023

Wow. What a dramatic climax for the long Napoleonic Wars, and man alive did Cornwell do it justice. This is one of the most battle-centric books in the series with much less of a focus on fictional intrigue than usual, which felt like a fantastic choice. Even knowing the historical outcome didn't st......more