Review: Keane’s Company by Iain Gale
You have to admire the chutzpah of Iain Gale. He’s a great author and I really like his book ‘Four Days in June’ as a story of Waterloo. However, writing a book about an...
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You have to admire the chutzpah of Iain Gale. He’s a great author and I really like his book ‘Four Days in June’ as a story of Waterloo. However, writing a book about an...
Summary It’s the spring of 1812 and Wellington’s army faces the two great fortresses barring their progress into Spain; Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Captain Sharpe soon finds himself in the thick of the action...
For years, this little psychodrama would play out, three to four times a year. I would be sat in the passenger seat of a car, being driven north, up Penistone Rd in Sheffield. With...
(Age appropriate reference there – it’s Grange Hill. If you don’t know, ask your grandparents. If any of them suddenly bust out either ‘Rooooland’ or ‘You boy!’ they’re not mad, just older) Let me...
Context: I love virtually all sports, I’ve been looking for this game for some time, and this review is based on a two player, online game – both of which alter the dynamic of...
Summary It’s the spring of 1811 and Wellington is moving towards a decisive battle with Marshall Masséna at Fuentes de Oñoro. Sharpe has his own problems though, as he has earned the enmity of...