Fun Fiction

[Irulan]

MIssjean, you are the only other female I've run into that's a Sharpe fan! I think of it as guy's bathtub reading, or the male equivalent of a bodice ripper, hee hee. You know there are Richard Sharpe drinking games and appreciation societies?
Another author along these lines is Arturo Perez-Riverte, translated from the Spanish. Captain Alatriste is our hero and the first of the series carries the same name. Viggo Mortenson played him in the one (so so ) movie made from the books. He's more of a retired solider/swashbuckler who in in secret service to the King. I love Bernard Cornwell, and have read everything he's done.

Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser.

{runs to go look up on Goodreads} Oh! Sounds like fun! Thanks!