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by Bernard Cornwell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (4 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006510426
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006510420
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,560 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A mighty battle conveyed with convincing clarity' Mail on Sunday 'A brilliantly imaginative novel which sweeps you along at breakneck speed' Mary Wesley

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Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the inexperienced and incompetent Young Frog, William, Prince of Orange, who has been given command of a large proportion of the Allied force. More concerned with cutting a dash at a grand society ball in Brussels, the Young Frog refuses to listen to Sharpe's scouting reports of an enormous army marching towards them with the lately returned Napoleon at its head. When the Battle of Waterloo commences, Sharpe has to stand by and watch military folly on a grand scale. But at the height of the conflict, just as victory seems impossible, he makes a momentous decision. With his usual skill, courage and determination he takes command and the most hard-fought and bloody battle of his career becomes Sharpe's own magnificent triumph.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, historical and bloody!, 3 Oct 2003
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I am a big fan of the sharpe books and the TV dramas. When I started reading Sharpes Waterloo the book instantly sprung alive and you could almost smell the musket smoke. Bernard Cornwell is a superb writer who manages to make the story bounce alive out of the book with his fantastic descriptiveness, especially of Sharpe, portraying him as a 'tramp'.
The battles scenes are excellent, whether it be a small skirmish between the Prussians and the French or the main battle of Waterloo, they remain historically accurate. If you are interested in war, history or just good literature I would highly recommend this book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars And Sharpe swashbuckles on...., 12 Aug 2006
When I read my first Sharpe, I wanted to shout 'Heavens, but what about historical facts!'.....and I read on and on and on. If you read a Sharpe, you do NOT look for historical facts, but for swashbuckling, shagging and wonderful adventure and this is it indeed. Relish the book, enjoy the magnificent hero and pray, that perhaps once in a while Bernhard Cornwell decides to give us another piece of the cake of Richard Sharpe's epic lifestory. There is nothing new in Sharpe's, but is exactly the good old style in which Cornwell marches on, that makes Sharpe's multiple adventures such a good entertainment.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite Sharpe novel, 29 Aug 2007
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I love all 21 of the Sharpe novels and have read them all (plus Cornwells other works) often, but this one has to be my favourite one.

Sharpe has been attached to the young and inexperience Prince of Oranges staff and through this position the reader gets to see and experience most of this spectacular battle. Of course Harper is there, but technically as a civillian and Sharpe's beloved South Essex battalion.

If you are interested in the battle of Waterloo then you could do far worse than start your studies with this book as its packed with information about the battle and it inspired me to visit the actual battlefield in Belgium recently. Read and enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great finale
My only disappointment is that the series of Novels ends at this point, they were outstanding
Published 16 days ago by W. Faulkner

1.0 out of 5 stars Historically biased
I had read through the whole series of the Sharpe book before I got to this one, and, to tell the truth, I had to do away with my aversion of Sharpe's (Cornwell's) French-hating... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Daniels Pascal

5.0 out of 5 stars Time for Sharpe to settle down?
This book is a suberb last (well almost) chapter in the truely excellent series. This for once is not that much about Sharpe, but more about the battle itself. Read more
Published 8 months ago by chuckles

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!!!!!
I have never read a book which has made me jump forward a half a page at a time because I can't stand the suspense. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Chris1963

5.0 out of 5 stars Prime stuff, Sharpe's finest hour!
I've read quite a few books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the Napoleonic wars in general and Waterloo specifically but in the fiction-category this is probably the best. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Didier

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharpes Amazing...
I am a big fan of Sharpe and i have all the books, this is the best.

Sharpe is now a Luitenit Colonel and his superior is more intersted in dancing instead of fighting the... Read more

Published on 31 Aug 2002 by Mr. R. Kitson

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not one of Sharpe's best.
Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series is one of the best i have read. However Waterloo seems different from the gung-ho adventure style of his previous books. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2001 by michael_hawkes@cwcom.net

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read - gripping to the end.
I really enjoyed this book, finding the narrative gripping throughout. The battle scenes were very easy to visualise, and the 'fiction' of Richard Sharpe and his life, etc, were... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars A captivating read
This book is a highly enjoyable, and engrosing read, but if you are looking for historical acuracy this book while relitivley well researched is still fiction, and not incerdibly... Read more
Published on 13 May 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars A great account of Waterloo but not a great Sharpe
Sharpe's Waterloo is quite a different book to the other Sharpe's I have read. Sharpe seems to have been written around the events at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, rather than being... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2001 by Chorizo D'Horreur

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