books read since last book post

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Kéraban the Inflexible by Jules Verne

Sharpe's Honour by Bernard Cornwell

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Vom Kriege, Teil 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

Die Suppe des Herrn K. by Mark Crick

Wellington's Army by Oman

Ilias by Homer

Halting State by Charles Stross

Hipparchikos by Xenophon

Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett

Das kann ich auch! by Christian Saerendt

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

Das Triumvirat by Gisbert Haefs

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Sharpes's Escape by Bernhard Cornwell

Und Sie Bewegt Sich Doch by Luciano De Crescenzo

Signal and Noise by John Griesemer

Der Fechtmeister by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Sharpe's Eagle by Bernhard Cornwell

Comments

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Ah, I was not that happy with it...

I did like the idea of honour and duty the protagonist has, it is a very good characterisation.

Also positive is that the narrative is not as rambling as some of his other works are, while there are flash backs it's not too bad.

For me, drawbacks were 1. that I don't fence, so a movement by movement description of fenching lessons does nothing for me, and 2. that my knowledge of Spanish History is just not that detailed... when teh moment of teh Big Reveal come, I did realise OMG it is teh moment of teh Big Reveal, but it sitll didn't clarify anything...

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