Sharp’s Command by Bernard Cornwell
Cornwell has written over fifty assorted military history
potboilers and this is one of them. Major Sharpe and his ragtag group of men
face huge odds in a series of 18th century battles in Spain. They
win by the hair of their chinny chin chins each time. There is plenty of blood
and gore and little time given to the suffering that underlies all wars. Cornwell’s
knowledge of ancient weaponry, period military tactics, and history is
impressive, but over-all this is a summer throw-a-way. Action without depth has
been a good combination for this prolific author.
I give it 2.5 of 5.
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