Ed reviewed Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell
A blast
5 stars
Starts off at a gallop and keeps going until the end. Theres the usual tropes in amongst the action but antagonist isn’t quite as arch as some of the other books.
Sharpe's Havoc: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Oporto is the seventh historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2003. The story is set largely in Portugal during General Arthur Wellesley's Oporto Campaign in 1809, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
Starts off at a gallop and keeps going until the end. Theres the usual tropes in amongst the action but antagonist isn’t quite as arch as some of the other books.