Sharpe's Assassin, Cornwell - B+

                 In the first Richard Sharpe book in 15 years, we find now Lt. Col. Sharpe summoned to see Wellington the day after Waterloo. He is tasked to take his regiment ahead of the Allied advance, enter France, and capture a prison. One of the prisoners, an Englishman named Fox, Sharpe, and about a dozen men head to Paris to try and find a fraternity committed to killing the generals, princes, and kings, who are heading there to to occupy the city and establish a peace. Sharpe pursues the 'Fraternite,' guards the Louvre where the Allies are attempting to recover Europe's stolen art, and wreaks havoc and mayhem on deserving French miscreants.  When it is all done, he retires to Normandy with the French woman he has fallen in love with. Considering the time lapse between novels, and the author's age, this is likely the finale in the 20+ book series.  The Sharpe novels are historical fiction at its best. I've learned a great deal about military tactics as Sharpe climbed the ranks through Flanders, India, Spain, France and Belgium. The British riflemen in green coats scouting the enemy, the French attack in column to the sound of their drums, and the British use of squares against cavalry are three that come to mind. Simply great.