Sharpe's Devil
Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821

This is the 21st entry in the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell--and the last in the series. But I'm not sad about that, as I think I still have three Sharpe books to read! I have been reading them out of chronological order and I don't think that detracted at all from the pleasure of reading these......more

This is one of the three (out of a total of 23!) Sharpe novels that I've given below 4 stars. It's set five years after Waterloo and is completely superfluous and unneeded, and is the Sharpe book that Cornwell himself admitted is his least favorite since he said he could never figure out how to make......more

Not upto the same level as the earlier Sharpe books. However it has one silver lining of painting a historical picture of South America in its early years of struggle to escape the shackles of Spanish tyranny. Harper and Sharpe as usual are at their high levels of camraderie while the conversations......more

**Should Read as 4.5 Stars** Read this book in 2006, its the 22nd and I think the final part, chronologically, of the marvellous Richard Sharpe series. This tale is set in the years AD 1820/1821, five years after Waterloo, and Richard Sharpe in retirement in Normandy, and enjoying life in peace. While......more