Welcome!

[sharpiefan]

Welcome to sharpe_read. We will be reading through the Sharpe series of books, probably (but not necessarily) in order - depending on what you lovely people choose to do.

Please introduce yourself to the rest of us!

Comments

[marashar]

Can't write much atm, so short version:

Since long have loved all things Napoleonic. Picked up my first Sharpe (Sharpe's Havoc in German translation) at a train station, when my connecting train was stuck half a country away - and was hooked. By the time the train was announced, I was in the middle, by the time I was home, I had finished it and bought the next volume (or actually the one before - although I didn't know at that time) at my home station ...

[sharpiefan]

Havoc's not a bad one to start with, though I have no idea how faithful the translations are. Do you prefer to read the original, or in translation?

[marashar]

Original. I don't like the writing style of the translations. They don't capture the original style and on some occasions are pretty far from the original in meaning as well. The whole translated series was published rather cheaply then. Now there is a better version. But it still was enough to make me read three or four books before I got my hands on my first original.

(Yes, Havoc was a nice starting point and is still one of my undoubted favourites. Am looking forward to reading it again! :) )

[le_russe_satan]

MAAAAAR! XD

[marashar]

RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSE! *throws confetti*

[le_russe_satan]

WE ARE DOING THIS.