Saturday, June 06, 2020

Book Excerpt for the Day


    “I can’t forgive him for what he did to those poor prisoners of ours, of course, but I suppose some capricious cruelty is probably necessary in a ruler.  All in all, I think, and judging him by the standards of our own monarchy, we should have to give the Tippoo fairly high marks.”

    “So why the hell are we fighting him, sir?”

    McCandless smiled.  “Because we want to be here, and he doesn’t want us to be here.  Two dogs in a small cage, Sharpe.”


    (from Sharpe’s Tiger by Bernard Cornwell)

    8*/10.  The complete review is here.
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