Posts Tagged ‘Richard’

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

Sharpe’s Enemy : Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812

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A classic Sharpe adventure: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the biting cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue a group of well-born women held hostage by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe’s most implacable enemy. But the rescue is the least of Sharpe’s problems. He must face a far greater threat. With only the support o… More >>

Sharpe’s Enemy : Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812

The Ballad Of Richard Sharpe – Music from the TV series

A collection of songs from the British TV series “Sharpe”. A fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, Richard Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell, and most of the movie episodes are based on the books. At the beginning of the series, Sharpe is a sergeant in the 95th Rifles serving in Portugal in 1809. When he single handedly saves the life of General Sir Arthur Wellesley from a group of French cavalrymen, Wellesley gives Sharpe a battlefield commission …

Sharpe’s Regiment: Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813

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Major Sharpe should be fighting the French — but his worst enemies are in England! Major Richard Sharpe’s men were in mortal danger — not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements could be brought from England, the depleted South Essex would be disbanded, their troops scattered throughout the army. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of well-bred, high-ranking traitors, any one… More >>

Sharpe’s Regiment: Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813

Sharpe’s Rifles: Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809

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Richard Sharpe and the French invasion of Galicia, January 1809. In the bitter winter of 1809 the French are winning the war in Spain and Britain’s forces are retreating towards Corunna, with Napoleon’s victorious armies in pursuit. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the British army and surrounded by enemy troops. Their only hope of escape is to accept the help of an unlikely ally, a Spanish cavalry officer, Major Blas Vivar. … More >>

Sharpe’s Rifles: Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809