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Bernard Cromwell - Sharpe Series or The Saxon Stories?
Posted on 5/2/22 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 5/2/22 at 5:24 pm
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?
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?
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 6:59 pm
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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.
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.
Posted on 5/3/22 at 7:30 am to biglego
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Cornwell’s Arthur series is fantastic.
I’ll probably read it eventually. I’ve been reading a ton of fiction and non fiction on the post-antiquity pre-medieval works and want to mix it up some
Posted on 5/4/22 at 12:20 am to Tiger1242
I’ve read a bunch of Cornwell’s books but not a single Sharpe book. Something about them just doesn’t draw me in. It’s not my favorite time period and maybe that’s the reason. Plus I love Uhtred so much that every other protagonist seems lame.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 7:45 am to biglego
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It’s not my favorite time period
The Napoleonic Wars? It's a great time period. The Sharpe series is good and even goes to sea for one book. Haven't read the Saxon stories; sounds like i need to.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 7:29 am to biglego
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I’ve read a bunch of Cornwell’s books but not a single Sharpe book.
Same here. I hold a grudge against the Sharpe series. He admits that he was making so much money off the Sharpe books and tv series that he tabled writing anymore books in his Starbuck Chronicles series.
It’s been so long he’ll never pick it up again.
This post was edited on 5/6/22 at 7:32 am
Posted on 5/8/22 at 2:28 pm to Sus-Scrofa
I enjoyed a couple of Cornwell’s one-off books, 1356 and Agincourt. Nothing earth shattering but enjoyable. Uhtred is just such a wonderful character.
But his Arthur trilogy compares with the first few books of the Saxon series. They’re that good. The lead character, Derfel, is a warrior on par with Uhtred but lacks Uhtred’s personality. That’s really the difference. But the setting, the plot, the characters, the tone of the books…really good stuff. Not at all a traditional Arthurian story, if you’re Tired of the Arthurian tropes. None of those.
But his Arthur trilogy compares with the first few books of the Saxon series. They’re that good. The lead character, Derfel, is a warrior on par with Uhtred but lacks Uhtred’s personality. That’s really the difference. But the setting, the plot, the characters, the tone of the books…really good stuff. Not at all a traditional Arthurian story, if you’re Tired of the Arthurian tropes. None of those.
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.
Posted on 5/16/22 at 7:35 pm to La Place Mike
So I just finished Sharpe’s Tiger.
I enjoyed the book a lot although I thought it was weird that he didn’t give any backstory to Sharpe, he just pops up as a private in the army who’s talented but disillusioned.
Then I did a little research and realized this and many of the other ones are actually prequels and even though it’s the first chronologically it’s not the first Sharpe book
So question. Should I continue reading them chronologically or should I start reading them in the order they were written?
I enjoyed the book a lot although I thought it was weird that he didn’t give any backstory to Sharpe, he just pops up as a private in the army who’s talented but disillusioned.
Then I did a little research and realized this and many of the other ones are actually prequels and even though it’s the first chronologically it’s not the first Sharpe book
So question. Should I continue reading them chronologically or should I start reading them in the order they were written?
Posted on 5/20/22 at 8:42 pm to Tiger1242
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Should I continue reading them chronologically or should I start reading them in the order they were written?
It doesn't matter.
Each book kind of stands on it's own.
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
Posted on 11/2/22 at 4:08 am to biglego
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Cornwell’s Arthur series is fantastic.
This! I was surprised how much I liked it. Such an interesting take on Arthur and etc. The characters were fantastic.
My cousin and I were discussing booksand he was telling me about the Saxon Series before I read any Cornwell, and I was telling him about the Red Rising Series. What we found after reading each other's suggestions is that Cornwell and Brown both have great action sequences and have some similarities in the way they write them.
Apologies for bumping an ancient thread. Got excited while recollecting Cornwell's Arthur series.
This post was edited on 11/2/22 at 4:10 am
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