The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
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The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. In...
Iron Tower Trilogy (Mithgar #9,10,11)
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Dennis L. McKiernan's Mithgar books are among the most beloved in all fantasy fiction. The Iron...
Awayland: Stories
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Acclaimed for the grace, wit, and magic of her novels, Ramona Ausubel introduces us to a geography...
Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction
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Lady Chatterley's Lover. The Blue Lagoon. Portnoy's Complaint. The Da Vinci Code. For the last...
Evelyn Waugh's Oxford
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Evelyn Waugh’s Oxford years were so formative that the city never left him, appearing again and...
Dragondoom (Mithgar book #5)
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One of Dennis L. McKiernan's most acclaimed novels, Dragondoom brings the fascinating world of...
Anne Boleyn: A Kings Obsession (Six Tudor Queens #2)
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Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon:...
David McK (3843 KP) rated Warriorborn (The Cinder Spires 1.5) in Books
Dec 27, 2023
I actually re-read that recently, as entry #2 had been released (The Olympian Affair) and it had been so long since the first that, whilst I could remember the general gist (steampunk, basically), not so much the actual ins and outs.
Which is probably a long-winded way of saying that I feel that this novella was released for others in the same boat: to ease them back in, as it were, to the world and its inhabitants.
In this, the Warriorborn Benedict Sorelin-Lancaster is charged by the Spirearch of Albion to investigate the mysterious reason why the colony of Dependence has cut off all contact with the outside world, and finds himself in charge of a cadre of other Warriorborns, all of whom he has arrested in the past and who have reason to mistrust him. It also shows more why the denizens of this world are so afraid of the surface than I remember from the previous entry ...
David McK (3843 KP) rated Sharpe's Company (1994) in Movies
Oct 10, 2021 (Updated Apr 6, 2026)
I say what was then, as there have since been more novels set before, during or even after The Napoleonic Wars, which provided the background for these movies.
This - both novel and movie - is the one that starts with the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and ends with that of Badajoz, with (Sean Beans) Captain Richard Sharpe 'pushed aside' in the intervening period by those who can afford to buy his commission. This is also the one with the mad, twitching Obadiah Hakeswill (portrayed here by Pete Postlethwaite), who isn't so much a danger to Sharpe himself as he is too his men - Patrick Harper included - and who has a history with Sharpe.
I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again: I so wish they had a proper budget for these movies!