At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog he tagged five books and series for old-fashioned adventure in the 19th century, including:The Sharpe Novels, by Bernard CornwellRead about another entry on the list.
Ideal For: Anyone who gets sick and tired, sometimes, of every hero in a historical adventure being of the officer or aristocratic class.
Richard Sharpe is, at the beginning of his lengthy story, a hardscrabble survivor in a rough army serving in an even rougher time period. From a poor orphan to the sort of desperate soldier wearing a threadbare uniform and constantly at the mercy of superiors who purchased their commissions and know much less about war than he does, he approaches all of his adventures with the sincerity of the desperate, and you kind of love him for it.
--Marshal Zeringue
Posts
