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| Original Title: | Sharpe's Company |
| ISBN: | 0451213424 (ISBN13: 9780451213426) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sharpe #13, Richard Sharpe #3 |
| Characters: | Richard Sharpe, Obadiah Hakeswill, Patrick Harper, William Lawford, Teresa Moreno, Thomas Leroy, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
| Setting: | Badajoz,1812(Spain) |
Bernard Cornwell
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.22 | 8268 Users | 197 Reviews
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| Title | : | Sharpe's Company (Sharpe #13) |
| Author | : | Bernard Cornwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | August 3rd 2004 by Signet (first published July 24th 1982) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. Adventure |
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To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are trapped—while protecting himself from a fellow officer determined to destroy him.Rating Appertaining To Books Sharpe's Company (Sharpe #13)
Ratings: 4.22 From 8268 Users | 197 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Sharpe's Company (Sharpe #13)
Rifleman risen from the ranks, Officer Richard Sharpe is the sort of ill-mannered, pissed off soldier to do any dirty work that needs doing. The Battle of Badajoz in 1812 Spain looks to be just the kind of dirty our hero was made for!Most of the time, Sharpe is at odds with his commanding officers or anyone who ranks above him in anyway really, but this time he has a friend in Colonel Lawford. Of course, Lawford immediately dies. That's how Cornwell rolls. Get used to it. Nothing is made easyNumber 13 in the Richard Sharpe series.The siege of Badajoz from January to April 1812.Of all the conflicts during the Peninsular Wars the taking of Badajoz by the British army was right up there in acts of great heroism. But sadly the acts of rape and pillage done at the hands of the victorious British army to the citizens of Badajoz were of such depravity it was also one of its lowest points.In this tale Richard Sharpe get demoted from Captain back to Lieutenant. Sharpe feels like he has been
Sharpe is a newly minted Captain...or is he? on the Iberian Peninsula. His worst enemy in the whole British Army, Hakeswill is back, once again sabotaging things and making life hell for all the soldiers under his command. Sharpe's personal life is also getting messy.Sharpe comes to believe his only hope to advance is to lead a suicide charge into the breach.Good stuff.
For sure one of my favorites. It was wonderful for Sharpe to gain a fsmily, fight for his men, and have them fight for him. Wellington was amazing.It is slightly disconcerting that the chronology doesn't quiet match up in the Hackswell parts of the story, but you can overlook it for a great villain.
Thirteenth in the Richard Sharpe military fiction series about an army captain who jumped up from the ranks and will do anything to keep his promotion.My TakeIt's amazing what power will do to a person, to a group. The Horse Guards in London thought it was more important to cater to men with money than with actually winning a war. Can you imagine what the English could have accomplished if they had promoted on merit instead of allowing men to buy their way into the rank they desired? As Cornwell
As much as I enjoy this book series as something of a guilty pleasure, I can't say I was overly enthralled by this installment. A lot less character progression in this one, and a whole lot of dumb luck rather than the clever soldiering Sharpe's known for and that seemed a little too convenient for my liking. Sharpe's Dumb Luck. Also, the whole thing with Hakeswill being far too evil of an antagonist to be taken seriously culminating in the "mummy-shako" of all things? Sharpe's Mummy Shako.
Starts with Sharpe at Ciudad Rodrigo, which the English need to get through to Badajoz.In between, he loses his captaincy of the South Essex regiment to a someone who bought the title, making him bitter about the situation.Added to the mix, his old enemy Sergeant Hakeswill is also attached to the company. The characters are all well written, Cornwell is in his element here (this is book 13 in the Sharpe series, and they've had time to mature in his imagination).It never comes across as lower vs
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