Sharpe's regiment

This was not a novel I thought I would enjoy as I have seen the TV episode countless times as I am indifferent to it! The book was very well written and even though the story remains much unchanged, the book tells the story in a more concise way!

One of the better Sharpe novels from the excellent series. Here, Sharpe's regiment is on the verge of ceasing to exist, and he has to go back to good old Blighty and find the replacements.

Quite interesting to see Sharpe in England again, and exposed to the dishonesty and rapacity of many of the officers at home. The way in which the common soldier was viewed as simply cannon fodder and scum was shared by many throughout the army who probably had more fellow feeling for their French equivalents than the soldiers they ordered about - or left their NCOs to order while thet drank in the Officers' Club!.