I just read the last Saxon Stories book. I had read about half of them and then the show came out and so it got me re interested and I read the rest while watching the show in the last few years. It’s a great series and I miss it now that it’s over.

I just finished the first Sharpe book Sharpes Tigers.

I think I like it but I’m having a harder time getting into it. I’ll admit that the first half of the book I was just wishing Sharpe was Uhtred and that’s on me so I’ll keep reading.

Those that have read both, which do you prefer?

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Posted by safemode

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Posted on 5/2/22 at 6:41 pm to Tiger1242

I’m with you on the Sharpe series. i listened to the audiobook a few books ago and i don’t remember anything about it.

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Posted by biglego

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Posted on 5/3/22 at 12:21 am to Tiger1242

Cornwell’s Arthur series is fantastic. If you liked the Saxon books you’ll like it. Three books set in the 500s in Britain. It’s a gritty realistic world like Uhtred’s except with a light touch of ambiguous magic.

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Posted by La Place Mike

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Posted on 5/10/22 at 9:48 pm to Tiger1242

I have read the entire Sharpe series. They are a good read but I read them mostly as kind of fillers when I wasn't sure what I wanted to read next.

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Posted by dinosaur

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Posted on 5/21/22 at 3:09 pm to Tiger1242

Read them all. Saxon stories were better but the Sharpe books were also good. Both based on well researched historical periods. Can’t go wrong with either

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