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Sharpe’s Fury: Richard Sharpe & the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

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The year is 1811. With the British army penned into a small part of Portugal, and all of Spain except for the coastal city of Cádiz fallen to the invader, the French appear to have won their war. Raised in the gutters … More >>

Sharpe’s Fury: Richard Sharpe & the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

MASTERPIECE Classic | “Sharpe’s Challenge” Sunday, March 28, 2010 | PBS

at 9pm (check local listings) Fresh from the Napoleonic Wars, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe takes a perilous new mission in British India, in the latest installments of the long-running series based on the bestselling novels by Bernard Cornwell. In Sharpe’s Challenge, Sharpe is appointed to rescue a missing British agent who is investigating a rebellious maharaja. Unbeknownst to the English, the uprising is being fomented by Madhuvanthi (Padma Lakshmi, host of Top Chef), the late …

Sharpes Fury: Richard Sharpe And The Battle Of Barrosa March 1811

Sharpes Fury: Richard Sharpe And The Battle Of Barrosa March 1811

Sharpes Fury, Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

Richard Sharpe, the former private in His Majestys army who now commands a company of riflemen, finds himself fighting his old enemies, the French, in 1811.
Sharpe has been sent by Wellington on a mission to Cádiz, now the capital of Spain, to rescue the British ambassador — who happens to be Wellingtons brother — from a spot of undiplomatic trouble. The city has been blockaded by the French but is supported by the British from the sea. It contains a rare mix of pro- and anti-British citizens, diplomats, courtiers, adventurers, and spies. Sharpes mission — complicated, undercover, and political — turns out to be completely different from the one on which he was sent. It brings him through the besieging enemy army to triumph in the Battle of Barrosa, where the British, deserted by their allies, defeat an overwhelmingly stronger French force.

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