Richard Sharpe novels
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11.
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4.5 stars
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In the winter of 1811 the war seemed lost. All Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz which is now the Spanish capital and is under siege. Wellington and his British army are in Portugal, waiting for spring to spark the war to life again. Richard Sharpe and his company are part of a small expeditionary force sent to break a bridge across the River Guadiana. What begins as a brilliant piece of soldiering turns into disaster, thanks to the...
15. Sharpe's skirmish: Richard Sharpe and the defence of the Tormes, August 1812
17. Sharpe's honor: Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June, 1813
21. Sharpe's Waterloo: Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815
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23.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Set just after the Battle of Waterloo ... The war against Napoleon might be over, but the Duke of Wellington is afraid a new enemy is looming on the horizon--la Fraternite, a group of Bonaparte loyalists apparently poised to carry out a plot to assassinate the 'princes of Europe' and catapult Napoleon back to power throughout the continent. Sharpe's mission: to take a small group of skilled men, locate la Fraternite, and kill them all. But soon he's...
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24.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Spain, 1812. Richard Sharpe, the most brilliant--but the most wayward soldier in the British army, finds himself faced with an impossible task.Two French armies march towards each other. If they meet, the British are lost. And only Sharpe--with just his cunning, his courage and a small band of rogues to rely on--stands in their way...