Nosemonkey’s Reviews > The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History > Status Update
Nosemonkey
is 59% done
Lots of aspects here that I didn't know, mostly due to my knowledge of the Napoleonic Wars stemming almost entirely from the Sharpe novels / TV series. I don't think I was even aware of Britain bombarding Copenhagen, or our general dickishness to everyone. Unsurprising, but still...
— Aug 02, 2023 03:28AM
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Nosemonkey
is 23% done
The narrator of the audiobook version is *awful*. Good voice, but atrocious intonation - emphasis totally wrong, tonally utterly out. It's read like it's a 1950s children's book. The book itself is solid, though - a narrative history with a solid explanation of global drivers, impacts and implications that's finally helping to make the Aubrey-Maturin novels make contextual sense.
— Jul 30, 2023 02:45AM
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is on page 10 of 936
Promising, this. Comparative context, not just a long list of battles. Just what I was after - hope it keeps up...
— Jul 28, 2023 01:07PM
