11 must-read war books like Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2) by Bernard Cornwell

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Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 India, 1803. Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnes…

If you liked the war plot in Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2) by Bernard Cornwell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Commodore Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower. Dispatched t… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Young Bloods (Revolution, #1)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.11

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

YOUNG BLOODS is the first gripping novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napoleonquar… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 India, 1803. Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnes… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Generals (Revolution, #2) by Simon Scarrow

4. The Generals (Revolution, #2)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

The second in this epic quartet of novels focusing on two giants of European history, Wellington an… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Fields Of Death (Revolution, #4)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Lieutenant Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

In this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his … read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.41

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a master… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack."

-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

"They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop ab…"

-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

8. Roma (Roma, #1)

By: Steven Saylor

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, thi… read more

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9. The Mauritius Command

By: Patrick O'Brian

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should ha… read more

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10. Under the Eagle (Eagle, #1)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Simon Scarrow's brilliant adventure novels about the Roman army appear with stunning new covers. It… read more

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11. Fire and Sword (Revolution, #3)

By: Simon Scarrow

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

FIRE AND SWORD is the unputdownable third novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napol… read more

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12. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume… read more

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13. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

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14. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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15. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

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  • war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

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16. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

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  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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17. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

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18. Magenta

By: John Payton Foden

4.27

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan, please, get to work.  Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness.  A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes.  I do. Yo…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed.  They silently passed…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

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19. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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20. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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21. From Crimea with Love: Misadventures in the Making of Sharpe’s Rifles

By: Jason Salkey

3.95

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1992, Jason Salkey was cast in a role that would change his life forever. Sharpe’s… read more

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