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The goal of this blog is to be a collecting point for personal observations as I work through the large number of highly regarded books which comprise the "Richard Sharpe" series, by Bernand Cornwell, and the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.

There are 24 books in the Sharpe series and 21 in the Aubrey-Maturin series. I plan to read them all in quasi-historical order, but alternating between the two series as follows:

Sharpe's Tiger (1799)
Master and Commander (1800)
Sharpe's Triumph (1803)
Post Captain (1802)
Sharpe's Fortress (1803)
H.M.S Surprise (1803)
Sharpe's Trafalgar (1805)
The Mauritius Command (1810)
Sharpe's Prey (1807)
Desolation Island (c. 1811)
Sharpe's Rifles (1809)
The Fortune of War (1812)
Sharpe's Havoc (1809)
The Surgeon's Mate (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Eagle (1809)
The Ionian Mission (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Gold (1810)
Treason's Harbour (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Escape (1810)
The Far Side of the World (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Fury (1811)
The Reverse of the Medal (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Battle (1811)
The Letter of Marque (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Company (1812)
The Thirteen Gun Salute (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Sword (1812)
The Nutmeg of Consolation (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Skirmish (1812)
Clarissa Oakes or The Truelove (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Enemy (1812)
The Wine-Dark Sea (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Honour (1813)
The Commodore (c. 1812)
Sharpe's Regiment (1813)
The Yellow Admiral (c. 1813)
Sharpe's Christmas (1813)
The Hundred Days (1815)
Sharpe's Siege (1814)
Blue at the Mizzen (c. 1815)
Sharpe's Revenge (1814)
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey or 21 (c. 1817)
Sharpe's Waterloo (1815)
Sharpe's Ransom (1816)
Sharpe's Devil (1820)

Wish me luck! I have a lot of reading ahead of me!