They are good Lilo but seeing as there are now 20 plus in the series they do get a little predictable. In every book Sharpe finds a new deadly French enemy, finds a new love, gets betrayed, gets wounded and then fights a battle against overwhelming odds which he and his little band always wins with no casualties

Cornwell does do historical fiction in great detail and writes a rousing battle scene. His last book was a stand alone story about the War of Independence called THE FORT. Well worth a read my friend