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| Original Title: | Sharpe's Gold |
| ISBN: | 0451213416 (ISBN13: 9780451213419) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sharpe #9, Richard Sharpe #2 |
| Characters: | Richard Sharpe, Patrick Harper, Michael Hogan, Teresa Moreno, Josefina LaCosta |
| Setting: | Almeida,1810(Spain) |
Bernard Cornwell
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.08 | 9476 Users | 210 Reviews
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| Title | : | Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe #9) |
| Author | : | Bernard Cornwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | August 3rd 2004 by Signet (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. Adventure |
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With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it—and it means turning against his own men.Rating Containing Books Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe #9)
Ratings: 4.08 From 9476 Users | 210 ReviewsColumn Containing Books Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe #9)
Taking place in 1809, this is the ninth book chronologically in the Richard Sharpe series. In my opinion it is the worst of the nine.Sharpe, as usual, has more problems with his own people than with the French enemy. In this story he encounters an arrogant provost, a religious zealot, an unsympathetic General and a Spanish ally who wants him dead.Also, as usual, he meets a beautiful woman whom he falls in love with but can never have because he is a soldier and must move on. He survives numerousWe have a lot of gold, we have a posh wanker, we have Sharpe's boys and an impossible task. I love the Sharpe books and how easy it is to delve into and how familiar they are. I don't mind so much that it's getting a tad predictable now because the stories are just fun. Harper and Sharpe's friendship is so firm and they're so solid, it's great. Even when Sharpe keeps him in the dark or doesn't explain the whole story or makes Harper do the 'dirty work'. He's a bit less thuggish in this and I
Once again Richard Sharpe and his faithful companions take on a seemingly impossible task at the request of General Wellington. The General has chosen Sharpe because of his record of begin just proud enough to get any job done, even if it is stealing 16,000 gold coins that belong to Spain. He has to deal with Spanish Partisans who claim the gold for themselves, as well as British officers who dont know or understand the urgency of Sharpes task. The story is typical of the authors style as he
Another enjoyable romp through the Napoleonic Wars. This time, not so much as fighting the French as the Spanish Guerrillas. After all, even your allies get a little upset when you steal, sorry, rescue their gold. Even if it is at the command of the Duke of Wellington! It all climaxes with Sharpe becoming trapped in a siege and being ordered by the city commander to return the gold to the Spanish and Sharpe's novel solution to his problem...
To the north, over the hilltops, a bank of cloud was ominous and still on the horizon, but otherwise the sky was arching an untouched blue over the pale grass and rocks. To Sharpes eyes there was nothing strange in the landscape. A rock thrush, startled and noisy, flew from the Companys path, and Sharpe saw Harper smile with enjoymentFor a while I have resisted the siren call of Bernard Cornwells fictional 19th century war hero, Richard Sharpe, a British soldier elevated to Captain after recent
Sharpe, immediately after winning accolades for capturing a French Eagle, is ordered by Wellington to steal a fortune in Spanish gold. This is in the care of El Catolico, a devious and selfish Spanish partisan, who wants it for himself. Naturally, Sharpe means to take it and El Catolicos fierce, beautiful lover, of course.Cornwell surprised me in this book: Major Kearsey, the strict, rather uptight official whom Sharpe has difficulties with, did not, to my great amazement, turn out to be
This was my "beach read" this summer and I really enjoyed it. I enjoy military history anyway, so it's always interesting to read Cornwell's books because they do a great job of bringing famous real characters and events to life as they are interwoven with his fictional characters. I know very little about the Peninsula War of the early 1800's, so this was quite interesting. I downgraded my rating a bit though because I felt like the ending was rushed, almost as if he got tired of writing it and
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