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  • Sharpe's Company: The Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

  • The Sharpe Series, Book 13
  • By: Bernard Cornwell
  • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
  • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (68 ratings)

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By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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Captain Richard Sharpe has to lead the attack on the terrible fortress.

It is a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it is the worst he can remember. He has lost command to a man who could buy the promotion Sharpe covets. His oldest enemy, the ruthless and indestructible Hakeswill, joins the regiment and he is a man with a mission to ruin Sharpe.

But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. The only way - a desperate choice - is to volunteer the Forlorn Hope, to lead the attack on the impregnable fortress town of Badajoz, a road to almost certain death or, just possibly, to heroic glory.

Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.
©1982 Bernard Cornwell (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
War & Military Genre Fiction Historical Fiction
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Critic Reviews

"Sharpe and his creator are national treasures." ( Sunday Telegraph,)
"Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation." ( Daily Mail,)
"Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched." ( Observer)
"The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive." ( George R.R. Martin)

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Can there be a more evil character than Obadiah Hakeswill? Narration is absolutely top shelf.

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