Sharpe's Story by Bernard Cornwell Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sharpe's Story
Book Review: Sharpe Serendipitous
Summary: 4 Stars
Bernard Cornwell tells the story of how he came to write his blockbuster Sharpe series. This is an interesting story up to a point. Unfortunately, for me, that point came just short of the end of the book. Still if yo are a Sharpe fan I don't think yo will be disappointed.
Book Review: Sharpe's Story
Summary: 4 Stars
A good summary of the background of Sharpe. The autobio of Cornwell was interesting, but had no relationship to the main theme - looked like padding.Book Review: Sharpe's Story
Summary: 5 Stars
If you love the Sharpe series, this is a must read. Bernard Cornwell goes into some detail on how he came to write this series and why. It is an amazing story of a search for fiction on the Napoleonic wars from the land lubbers point of view. He had read C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian andlonged for something on land. He also talks about his upbringing, which had a lot of influence on various aspects of the stories, such as his treatment of religion.Book Review: Should be a free one page promotion rather than a book.
Summary: 2 Stars
This book started as a free promotion. What is useful could be summarized on the front and back of a single page.Book Review: The Edge to Being Sharp
Summary: 4 Stars
SHARP'S STORY is the mind behind Bernard Cornwell's fighting character, Richard Sharp. It is a behind the curtain look at how it all came about, the why of some things, and how some characters received their names, dispositions and fates. It is also a look at Cornwell, the author and how he views the characters that he summoned up, for good or evil.
This isn't a short novel or a long short story. It is similar to a one-on-one interview, answering some of the questions we readers seem to toss around in our heads after we have finished one of Cornwell's books.
It brings us all a little closer to the fictional SHARP we've come to know through the series and nicely fleshes him out. The CAKES AND ALE brief autobiography at the end of the book is a telling look at how the road to good intentions is paved with Hell. Children deserve better than what they sometimes get, but then in the formation and development of the writer the scars, painful as they are, need to be put to pen.
It's true that the 121 pages are thin for the cover price BUT in an age where we spend the same on a crappy movie or more for a less than satisfying lunch or for two double tall pretenditsitaliano's what we get with SHARP' STORY is far more entertaining, satisfying and keeps us buzzing for a good while.
If you enjoy the SHARP series (all 21 of them, at present) or know someone who does as well then forget the ugly Christmas sweater, singing trophy fish or overpriced coffee gift card, buy this book instead. It is reasonably priced and makes for a welcome present. It eh...says so in the scriptures.