Richard Sharpe Series

>>9939849
If you're enjoying the historical adventure novels, then oh boy is there a lot out there that you'll enjoy.

The rest of Bernard Cornwell's books will probably be right up your alley; Flashman will appeal to you, though he's not as straight-laced as Sharpe (and Sharpe gets up to some bad stuff); and finally Horatio Hornblower.

Obviously there's more than just those, but they should be a nice next step from Sharpe.

>>9941149
Further to that, if you're okay with sci-fi, then the Gaunt's Ghosts novels are so heavily inspired by Sharpe that it's often called Sharpe in Space.

War and Peace

>>9939849
Also comprehending the Napoleonic era from an RN perspective are the Patrick O'Brian series as well as the very good Alexander Kent series (the Bolitho novels).

>>9939849
Master and Comander series of naval books by Patrick Obrian.

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If you want some more stuff by Cornwell:

The Starbuck Chronicles (Set during the American Civil War)
https://www.goodreads.com/series/40551-starbuck-chronicles

Redcoat (The story of the Valley Forge winter during the American Revolution – told from the redcoat's point of view)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/564535.Redcoat

The Fort (Relates to the events of the Penobscot Expedition of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7789443-the-fort

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>>9939849
Cornwell is based, I love listening to him talk about history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PxvYlyl4U&list=PLC377F247679FA1F0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ACHf0PwdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-0HV4rVN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhxy-wPQk6k

>>9941784
Found a video by HarperCollins on The Fort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BaRtvKLt9o

Is there any substance to Cornwell's books, or is it just a Mary Sue going on ebin adventures?

>>9942176
>is it just a Mary Sue going on ebin adventures
I wouldn't call his protagonists that. They (for the most part) do end up victorious in the end or just survive to live and fight another day, but sometimes they are on the losing side of battles or they do something very foolish that comes back to bite them in the ass later.

>Is there any substance to Cornwell's books
There is plenty of historical substance yes, you can tell the guy really does his research. But as far as the actual plots of his books go they are usually pretty straightforward historical adventures.

Sharpe is great. I've read four of the books so far.

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The March by E.L. Doctorow is great

>The March is a historical fiction novel set in late 1864 and early 1865 near the conclusion of the American Civil War. Central to the novel is the character of General William Tecumseh Sherman as he marches his 60,000 troops through the heart of the South, carving a 60-mile-wide scar of destruction in their wake. As a result of Sherman’s order to live off the land, his soldiers wreak chaos as they pillage homes, steal cattle, burn crops, and accumulate a nearly unmanageable population of freed slaves and refugees who have nowhere else to go. While the novel revolves around the decisions of General Sherman, the novel has no specific main character. Instead, Doctorow retells Civil War history according to the individual lives of a large and diverse cast of characters—white and black, rich and poor, Union and Confederate—whose lives are caught up in the violence and trauma of the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_(novel)

>>9942289
I guess by substance I meant any interesting thematic elements, moral struggles, significant character development, etc or is it just all about the plot?