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Sharpe's Waterloo
Richard Sharpe & the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #20)
First published 1990 · 504 pages
A sweeping, adrenaline-fueled plunge into the smoke and chaos of one of history's most legendary battles, balancing bitter personal betrayals with grand military triumph.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like standing in the center of a powder keg just as the fuse is lit. It opens with the tense, glittering claustrophobia of a high-society ball, where bitter personal betrayals simmer just below the surface, before violently shifting gears into the mud, smoke, and deafening roar of a legendary military clash. The pace is relentlessly propulsive, dragging the reader through the chaotic, visceral reality of nineteenth-century warfare. It is a sweeping, action-packed experience that balances the intimate sting of a broken marriage with the grand, sweeping momentum of historical destiny. Fans of gritty, immersive historical fiction will devour this adrenaline-fueled journey, reveling in the hard-won triumph of a seasoned soldier facing his ultimate test.
- Mood
- high-stakes
- chaotic
- triumphant
- sweeping
- Tone
- dramatic
- heroic
- tense
- gritty
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- the chaos of war · duty and honor · personal betrayal · historical destiny
- The writing
- Action-driven and historically grounded, focusing on the visceral details of military engagement and sweeping historical momentum.
- The arc
- Moves from tense personal confrontations in high society to the chaotic, adrenaline-fueled crucible of a legendary battle, culminating in a sense of hard-won triumph.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave immersive, action-packed historical fiction that places them right in the mud and smoke of legendary battles.
Content notes
- military violence
- infidelity
- warfare
About the book
Bernard Corwell, author of Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Seige, and Sharpe's Revenge, continues the saga of Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe in this, his final adventure. Just as he comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe once again plays a pivotal role in the outcome of a great British triumph.
Description from Open Library.
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