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skandranon



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:22 am    Post subject: Sharpe Reply with quote

If anyone could give me some advice i would be most grateful.
My wife bought me the Sharpe series on dvd for xmas as im a big fan , thoroughly enjoyed watching them all again but then wondered if it was worth buying the books.
If anyone has read or knows anything about them please let me know. Very Happy
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Parmenion



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have all of the books and they are even better than the programs.

I can also give you some other names of other authors along the same lines...excellent reading.
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Max Power



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd recommend the books - the ones I've read have bene very good - Bernard Cornwell is a very good writer. I've read some of his other stuff and I've been impressed.
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Parmenion



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

some other stuff to try

Simon Scarrow: The eagle series, starts with under the eagle,
It is 42 AD, and Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the tough Second Legion. Cato is assigned to the unit of Centurion Macro - a fearless, battle-scarred veteran. Cato will have to prove himself in the adventures that lie ahead. In a bloody skirmish with the local German tribes, Cato gets his chance to show that he?s more than a callow youth. But then the men discover that the legion?s next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain

you dont need to know anything about the romans to love this, its like sharpe just set in roman times


Also
Conn Iggulden: Ghengis series: Starts with wolf of the plains
Synopsis
?Wolf of the Plains? is the much anticipated beginning of the ?Conqueror? series on Genghis Khan and his descendants. It is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life. ?I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.? Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush. His family were thrown out of the tribe and he was left alone, without food or shelter, to starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains. It was a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. A man, a small family, without a tribe was always at risk but he gathered other outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was during some of his worst times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bringing the silver people together came to him. He will become the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis.


this is very much like reading about Gemmells nadi horde, you can see where Gemmell drew his inspiration for Ulric.
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skandranon



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys thats all the confirmation i needed , now to convince my wife that the expense is necessary . Very Happy
And thanks Parmenion i will check those out , i have William Napiers Attilla series and they are also very good.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im halfway through the books now , very exciting entertaining stuff ! Makes me proud to be British (sometimes) Very Happy
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Parmenion



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skan 2 more for your list:
Harry Side bottom: Fire in the east
Ben Kane: Forgotten legion (which is excellent)

if you like sea tales:

Naomi Novik : Temeraire series (its fantasy and historical fiction blended)

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Juliam Stockwin, the first book takes a little getting used to the speech...but is excellent.

also a great sharpe type series: John Wilcox Simon Fonthill series
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skandranon



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Parmenion , I shall be penniless Very Happy
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OLD NEW GUY



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

as long as im not the only one with the burnt credit card!! Laughing
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