Saturday, May 27, 2017

Book Excerpt for the Day


    “She could be killed!”

    “True, but many women are dying for Spain, so why should Miss Parker not die for Britain?”  Vivar took off his shirt and brought out his razor and mirror-fragment.  “I think you are fond of her,” he said accusingly.

    “Not especially,” Sharpe tried to sound offhand, “but I feel responsible.”

   “That is a most dangerous thing to feel for a young woman; responsibility can lead to affection, and affection thus born, I think, is not so lasting as …”  Vivar’s voice faded away.

    (from Sharpe’s Rifles by Bernard Cornwell)

     9*/10.  The full review is here.
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