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Book Review of Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, Bk 1)

Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, Bk 1)
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, Bk 1)
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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I have been reading this on the bus and find it help pass the time well. The plot complications are skillfully done and I will read another book from the series. I cannot judge the authenticity of the portrayal of India given in the days of the John Company, having only a superficial acquaintance with Hindu customs through the Economist, a few issues of the India Times magazine supplement, an upper division geography class on South Asia, and John Masters, but it reads well.
In an afterword, the author offers a few pages of discussion about the historical facts that he began with when he wove this very nice tale.
Some kind person left two boxes and two bags of blood and thunder books of the type often read by guys at the old soldiers' home. No takers of this Cornwell series after eight weeks so I will take them to the VA Hospital where there are many more readers.