Brilliant!!!!!! - Rated 
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. Crazy, I'm flicking forward in a panic to read the account of something of which I already know the outcome.
As an earlier review has already explained, this is the well told story of the battle with a bit of Sharpe thrown in. Who cares, brilliant!!
Prime stuff, Sharpe's finest hour! - Rated
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. If you've read the 17 preceding Sharpe-novels you'll be glad to learn that many of the familiar characters of those novels are present at Sharpe's finest hour, the plot is as thrilling as ever (as Cornwell himself says in the foreword, he just stuck to the dramatic events as they unfolded themselves in reality, that's as good a plot as any author could invent), and the book is filled cover to cover with action scenes.
I'm not sure if I'll be reading "Sharpe's Devil" soon because this book is so good and so natural an end to the joint adventures of Sharpe and the Duke of Wellington, which have provided me with many happy hours of reading for precious little money, that for the time being I'm content to let it rest at that.
If you read nothing but this single book featuring Sharpe you'll be treated to a rare experience, and if you decide to read the entire series all the more so.
My favourite Sharpe novel - Rated
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.
And Sharpe swashbuckles on.... - Rated
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.
Fantastic, historical and bloody! - Rated
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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