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reiver58 · March 31st, 2009, 02:37 AM

I finished the Patrick O'Brian series dealing with the British navy around the time of the Napoleanic Wars. Great read with lots of background and character development. I do recommend you try to read the series in order.

If you like more action, the Alexander Kent/Douglas Reeman books are much lighter on character development but give you 3x the battles. I read his Bolitho series, which is a more less developed version of Jack Aubrey. Reeman's WWII novels have a standard stock of characters...physically and emotionally scarred hero, unsure how he'll do in the next battle. His boss is a coward and a bully and often stupid to boot. His crew always has an unsure royal or son of an admiral and an Aussie, Kiwi or South African, who will always bed the wife of the unsure royal, or some other dissatisfied officer on board. 60% of the characters will be killed within 2-3 sentences four pages from the end...usually same stock format in determining who dies.

Sharpe series is terrific. I also advise you read it in sequence...a good companion to the novels is the DVD collection. "Sharpe's Enemy"...has a brief breast shot of Elizabeth Hurley.

I'm currently working far away from my DVD and VHS collections and unfortunately can't post...it also explains why I have time to read 20+ book series

Christopher Buckley writes a good series of dark humour political satire. "Thank you for smoking" is much edgier than the movie. Florence of Arabia and No Way to Treat a First lady are equally entertaining.

March 31st, 2009, 02:37 AM	#20
reiver58 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15 Thanks: 46 Thanked 127 Times in 13 Posts	O'Brian, Kent/Reeman, Cornwall, and Buckley I finished the Patrick O'Brian series dealing with the British navy around the time of the Napoleanic Wars. Great read with lots of background and character development. I do recommend you try to read the series in order. If you like more action, the Alexander Kent/Douglas Reeman books are much lighter on character development but give you 3x the battles. I read his Bolitho series, which is a more less developed version of Jack Aubrey. Reeman's WWII novels have a standard stock of characters...physically and emotionally scarred hero, unsure how he'll do in the next battle. His boss is a coward and a bully and often stupid to boot. His crew always has an unsure royal or son of an admiral and an Aussie, Kiwi or South African, who will always bed the wife of the unsure royal, or some other dissatisfied officer on board. 60% of the characters will be killed within 2-3 sentences four pages from the end...usually same stock format in determining who dies. Sharpe series is terrific. I also advise you read it in sequence...a good companion to the novels is the DVD collection. "Sharpe's Enemy"...has a brief breast shot of Elizabeth Hurley. I'm currently working far away from my DVD and VHS collections and unfortunately can't post...it also explains why I have time to read 20+ book series Christopher Buckley writes a good series of dark humour political satire. "Thank you for smoking" is much edgier than the movie. Florence of Arabia and No Way to Treat a First lady are equally entertaining.