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Title: Sharpe's Trafalgar

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-05-07

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 656 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A guttersnipe who has risen through the ranks of the British army, Ensign Sharpe is sailing home to England from his latest campaign against Napoleon. Anticipating an uneventful voyage, the dashing young maverick discovers the intriguing and very married Lady Grace Hale on board the Calliope. But just as he wins his way into her heart, the ship is fired upon and, suddenly, he finds himself in the thick of one of history's most spectacular incidents: the Battle of Trafalgar.

Patrick Tull's vibrant narration bedazzles listeners with this breathtaking retelling of one of Europe's most ferocious sea battles.

Members Reviews:

Missing parts restored.

I bought the download of "Sharpe's Trafalgar" and the death of the lord's secretary was present in all its explicit glory. Apparently someone fixed the problem mentioned in other reviews. The audio was also very clear. I did not have a problem with the narrator's accent but then I watch a lot of PBS and so I am used to British accents.

Part 2 is incomplete (otherwise 5 stars)

I loved this book. Patrick Tull (who narrates many of the famous Patrick O'Brian Aubrey-Maturin series).

WARNING - As others have stated this version (on Audible) of the audiobook is lacking a considerable amount of the book. I went through the book 3 times trying to figure out if I missed the part where an important plot member is killed. Alas it's simply missing. Thanks to the other readers who compared this version to Local Library copies and noticed the error.

This needs to be fixed as the book shouldn't be sold as "Unabridged" with missing content.

Sharpe at Sea, and read by Patrick Tull!

Bernard Cornwell manages to get Richard Sharpe into every major battle or war possible, and now even has him at the Battle of Trafalgar aboard a British 74. With the obligatory female interest, of course.

Sharpe is headed to Englad from India to join the Rifles, but meanwhile he manages to get his goods stolen and recovered, be captured by the French and recaptured by the British. All everyday events for our intrepid Ensign Richard Sharpe.

The history is sound, even if this particular 74 gun man o'war didn't actually participate in the Battle of Trafalgar, and the story well told, as always with Cornwell. As one would expect, Patrick Tull's narration is superb. Simply superb.

36 Pages missing from the start of Part 2

As was mentioned by Mark, the start of Part 2 is missing a considerable section of the story. I found an eBook version from our county library and filled in the part where the Lord's secretary is killed by Sharpe (pages 172 to 208).

I recommend this audiobook, but get a readable version to fill in this gap.

Good Book, bad version

Though I love the Sharpe series and enjoyed this novel, I found the recording to be abomidably low in quality and the reader's accent to be very difficult to understand, especially given the low level of audio throughout. I had to push my Ipod to the limit, and then there was still a great deal I missed while listening. Also, the reader feeling that he missed an important part concerning a character's death did not miss it, it is done off-camera, as it were, and amply described by those involved.