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Sharpe’s Assassin
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Series: Richard Sharpe Novels, Book 22
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820 - 1821
- The Sharpe Series, Book 21
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands--a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, finds himself bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen emperor Napoleon.
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Sharpe's Waterloo: The Waterloo Campaign, 15 - 18 June, 1815
- The Sharpe Series, Book 20
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great victory. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe's reports of an enormous army, led by Napoleon, marching towards them. The Battle of Waterloo commences, and it seems as if Sharpe must stand by and watch the grandest scale of military folly.
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Sharpe Novels
- By Elliott Taylor on 06-01-2021
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Sharpe's Revenge: The Peace of 1814
- The Sharpe Series, Book 19
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon's treasure. It is 1814. There are rumours that Napoleon is dead, or has run away, but Sharpe has one last battle to fight before he can lay down his sword. It is the battle for Toulouse. Little does he know it will be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war. But Sharpe's war is not only the battle.
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Sharpe's Siege: The Winter Campaign, 1814
- The Sharpe Series, Book 18
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer. The invasion of France is under way and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast - one of the most dangerous missions of his career.
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Sharpe's Regiment: The Invasion of France, June to November 1813
- The Sharpe Series, Book 17
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment. Major Sharpe's men are in mortal danger - not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the regiment will be disbanded. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of high-ranking traitors, any of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word.
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Sharpe's Honour: The Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813
- The Sharpe Series, Book 16
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain - an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Pierre Ducos, the wily French intelligence officer, sees a chance both to destroy the alliance and to achieve a personal revenge on Richard Sharpe.
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Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820 - 1821
- The Sharpe Series, Book 21
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands--a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, finds himself bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen emperor Napoleon.
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Sharpe's Waterloo: The Waterloo Campaign, 15 - 18 June, 1815
- The Sharpe Series, Book 20
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great victory. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe's reports of an enormous army, led by Napoleon, marching towards them. The Battle of Waterloo commences, and it seems as if Sharpe must stand by and watch the grandest scale of military folly.
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Sharpe Novels
- By Elliott Taylor on 06-01-2021
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Sharpe's Revenge: The Peace of 1814
- The Sharpe Series, Book 19
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon's treasure. It is 1814. There are rumours that Napoleon is dead, or has run away, but Sharpe has one last battle to fight before he can lay down his sword. It is the battle for Toulouse. Little does he know it will be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war. But Sharpe's war is not only the battle.
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Sharpe's Siege: The Winter Campaign, 1814
- The Sharpe Series, Book 18
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer. The invasion of France is under way and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast - one of the most dangerous missions of his career.
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Sharpe's Regiment: The Invasion of France, June to November 1813
- The Sharpe Series, Book 17
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Richard Sharpe returns to England to save the regiment. Major Sharpe's men are in mortal danger - not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Unless reinforcements can be brought from England, the regiment will be disbanded. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England and uncovers a nest of high-ranking traitors, any of whom could utterly destroy his career with a word.
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Sharpe's Honour: The Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813
- The Sharpe Series, Book 16
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain - an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Pierre Ducos, the wily French intelligence officer, sees a chance both to destroy the alliance and to achieve a personal revenge on Richard Sharpe.
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Sharpe's Enemy: The Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812
- The Sharpe Series, Book 15
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Major Sharpe, in the bitter winter, must attempt a desperate rescue and face his most implacable enemy. Newly promoted, he is given the task of rescuing a group of well-born women, held hostage high in the mountains by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's bitter enemy. Sharpe has only the support of his own company and the new Rocket Troop - the last word in military incompetence - but he cannot afford to contemplate defeat.
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Love these books
- By Shane P Tremble on 17-06-2022
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Dead Ground
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Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated croft, when he is summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Poe is confused—he hunts serial killers and this appears to be a straightforward murder-by-pimp—but his attendance was requested personally, by the kind of people who prefer to remain in the shadows. As Poe and the socially awkward programmer Tilly Bradshaw delve deeper into the case, they are faced with seemingly unanswerable questions.
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Very satisfying tale
- By Anonymous User on 10-08-2022
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Sharpe's Sword: The Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812
- The Sharpe Series, Book 14
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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Richard Sharpe, who alone can recognise the top French spy, is under orders to capture him alive. Richard Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is just one man - the ruthless Colonel Leroux. Sharpe's mission is to safeguard El Mirador, a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory. Sharpe is forced into a new world of political and military intrigue.
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Brilliant story and series, beautifully read.
- By Anonymous User on 23-07-2020
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Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 (The Sharpe Series, Book 1)
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
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Richard Sharpe avoids the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill and endeavours to rescue a British officer from under the nose of the Tippoo of Mysore. But in fleeing Hakeswill, Sharpe enters the exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo. An adventure that will require all of his wits just to stay alive, let alone save the British army from catastrophe.
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incredible
- By Amazon Customer on 09-05-2022
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Sharpe's Triumph: The Battle of Assaye, September 1803 (The Sharpe Series, Book 2)
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnesses a murderous act of treachery and, with Sir Arthur Wellesley, faces the Mahratta Horde. The paths of treachery all lead to the small village of Assaye. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wellesley, with a diminished British army, plunges his men into the white heat of battle. A battle that will make his reputation, and perhaps Sharpe's too.
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Wonderful Narrator
- By Nick on 23-12-2021
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Cold Justice
- The Sunday Times bestselling thriller
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Mallory - he was the best of the best, a Special Forces leader and a hero. But then he made a fatal decision, gambling with the lives of his men with terrible consequences: two dead, and his young friend, Donno, left in a coma. Back on the streets, with nothing to lose, Mallory has a darkness growing inside him, a dangerous need to seek out trouble. Then Donno's mother asks him for help: her other son, Scott, has gone missing in South Africa, and she wants Mallory to find him.
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Edge of ypur seat action!
- By Jancey on 30-11-2021
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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
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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 Hakes will, 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.
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Best of the Series
- By Gene Campbell on 08-11-2020
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Sharpe's Battle: The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811
- The Sharpe Series, Book 12
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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Richard Sharpe is fighting for his Irish battalion and his own honour through the blood-stained streets of the town. Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe's, and suffer heavy losses. The army's high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military career seems to be ruined. His only hope is to redeem himself on the battlefield.
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Could be the best of the series, narrator is good
- By Billy Walsh on 13-02-2019
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Take Your Breath Away
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- Narrated by: Ako Mitchell, Julia Locascio, Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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It’s always the husband, isn’t it? When his wife Brie vanishes from their home one night, never to be seen again, people assume Andy got away with murder. The police can’t build a case against him, but still his friends and neighbours abandon him. Six years later, Andy’s life is back on track, and he’s settled with a new girlfriend. And when he hears his old house has been bulldozed and rebuilt, he’s not bothered. Things are good. But then one day, a woman who looks like Brie shows up at their old address.
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keeps you guessing 😉
- By Anonymous User on 07-08-2022
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Sharpe's Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811
- The Sharpe Series, Book 11
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Captain Sharpe has to protect a philandering diplomat and, deserted by his ally, faces the enemy. In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces more than one enemy. The small British force is trapped by a French army, and their only hope lies with the outnumbered redcoats outside refusing to admit defeat.
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2 different stories at Cadiz
- By Anonymous User on 08-12-2021
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Men Without Country
- The True Story of Exploration and Rebellion in the South Seas
- By: Harrison Christian
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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A mission to collect breadfruit from Tahiti becomes the most famous mutiny in history when the crew rise up against Captain William Bligh, with accusations of food restrictions and unfair punishments. Bligh’s remarkable journey back to safety is well documented, but the fates of the mutinous men remain shrouded in mystery.
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fascinating read
- By kate on 22-04-2022
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The Diamond Eye
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In the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko’s life revolves around her young son - until Hitler’s invasion of Russia changes everything. Suddenly, she and her friends must take up arms to save their country from the Führer’s destruction. Handed a rifle, Mila discovers a gift - and months of blood, sweat and tears turn the young woman into a deadly sniper: the most lethal hunter of Nazis. Yet success is bittersweet. Mila is torn from the battlefields of the Eastern Front and sent to America while the war still rages. There, she finds an unexpected ally.
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Can’t stop listening
- By Amazon Customer on 24-07-2022
Publisher's Summary
Sharpe is back.
The global best seller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible, it's Richard Sharpe....
Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army 21 years ago, and it’s been his home ever since. He’s a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.
So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated, but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge.
Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying....
Sharpe’s Assassin is the brand-new novel in the best-selling historical series that has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
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- Darren Patterson
- 15-10-2021
Well below par
I've been reading Bernard Cornwell's books for over 35 years and have read most of them, so I jumped at the chance to hear a new installment in the Sharpe Series. As its over 20 years since the prequel to this book was written I went back and listened to that before this book so I'd refresh my memory of what had immediately happened prior to this story. I really enjoyed Sharpe's Waterloo (the prequel) and headed straight onto Sharpe's Assassin with much anticipation. Well I needn't have bothered. This book is well below the author's usual standard, full of cliches and constant repetition of things we already know. It got so bad that I was wishing for the book to end. If I could give it no stars I would.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2021
A sad end...
This is a great series but this is a poor story. . Every cringe worthy cliche that could be glanced over in the previous series has been loaded, shot and hammered home again. Only the battle sequence at the end, of which Mr Cornwall can rightly claim to be a master, saves this episode. Don't listen to this first or you'll miss a lot of compelling listening.
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- Flashman
- 05-12-2021
Cornwell still the master
It’s been too long since the last Sharpe novel (although given Bernard Cornwell’s other series you can seen why), so it gave me great joy to immerse in this post-Waterloo, pre-Sharpe’s Devil story. Action packed and well read. A winner.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-06-2022
Another worthy outing
Another worthy outing for Sharpe. It's not the best in the series but is worth another outing and the characters exist effortlessly now almost writing their own stories.
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- Mark Anderson
- 22-10-2021
Another rollicking Sharpe episode
Cornwell is a master of his craft and Rupert Farley is the perfect narrator.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-10-2021
Like a warm blanket.
"The war was over. And Richard Sharpe was going to war." Like a warm blanket.
It's been 15(!) years since the last Richard Sharpe novel (Sharpe's Fury) and Cornwell's return to the Napoleonic wars and common soldier-turned British officer is like meeting an old friend and immediately settling into your old routines, in-jokes, and rhythms without missing a beat.
Sharpe's Assassin immediately follows the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo (Sharpe's Waterloo) and newly promoted Lieutenant Colonel Sharpe and Sergeant Major (retired?) Harper are interrupted from burying their dead compatriots and summoned by the Duke of Wellington to storm a remote bastion/prison complex. This quickly reveals a larger plot device of the British trying to recover European artwork stolen by the French Army over the years and stored in the Louvre as well as a mission to stop a group of Bonapartist die-hards. This also has Sharpe reuniting with his former company commander and the man responsible for having him flogged as an enlisted man, Major Morris.
The action is kinetic and tight, the banter with lords and ladies is quick-witted and just disrespectful enough by Sharpe to keep things punchy, and angry-Sharpe remains a great literary joy. Going back into Sharpe's world invites inevitable comparisons to Cornwell's other long series, The Last Kingdom, and its main character Uhtred of Bebbanburg. On balance, Sharpe's world is so much more enjoyable. Uhtred and Sharpe are essentially the same character, but while Uhtred and his world are dreary, dour, and perennially gray, Sharpe and his world has a *spark* to it that makes the world, scenes (action and exposition), and characters feel that much more lively and therefore interesting.
Will Sharpe and Harper march again? Hard to say, but I had a wonderful time tagging along for the ride.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-10-2021
Bernard Cornwell never, never disappoints
I was very happy to see another Sharp book come out. This was the first series by Cornwell that I started reading years ago. The author has the ability to create characters that are realistic and admirable. He brings the past to life as only a person who respects and loves history can. I believe that, with one exception, I’ve read everything Cornwell has written. He is exceptional and I recommend his work to anyone who treasures a good read.
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- Craig
- 06-10-2021
Sharpe is so good because he is us...
When we hear Sharpe's voice through his narrators and we read his words on the pages, he is that mystical, channeled, being who manifests in the space between our (personal) grasp of history and a magical hero-inkling that we grok, sort of like we could have been there too.
There is no doubt that fans and listeners of the Sharpe series owe an extraordinary debt of gratitide to Frederick Davidson, Patrick Tull, Rupert Farley and, of course, Bernard Cornwell. They all have enriched our lives with amazing storytelling and fictional renditions of stuff we would not have otherwise studied had we been forced to as students.
Sharpe is part of us now...that makes me happy! And yet, when Dan died in the last novel "Waterloo," I cried my eyes out. I think Sharpe did too. Okay...we all did...thanks Cornwell...I forgot how to cry.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-10-2021
I enjoyed it
At first I wasn't thrilled at who was narrating this, but soon was caught up in the story and didn't mind at all. The story is good and I liked it. Fans of the series will enjoy it.
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- Brett Lindsay
- 03-05-2022
The Experience of Sharpe
I have truly enjoyed every word from the first book to this last one! A series of stories, and adventure through history, that leaves anyone that consumes them in awe and wonder of the exploits of such a great character. In my opinion this collection is a true masterpiece of literature. Thank you Bernard Cornwell!
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- Pat Newell
- 03-03-2022
Narrator only has Sharpe's voice, & one other
I love Sharpe & have read/listened to all many times. This one is not his very best, but I have enjoyed it several times. I think the thing that is most disappointing is the narrator. I have always been amazed at Fredrick Davidson's ability to sound so completely different that I wasn't sure they were actually all the same person. This narrator only has 2 voices...Sharpe's and all the rest. Hope the new Audibles to come aren't this guy.
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- SCar7
- 01-02-2022
An excellent Sharpe novel. As good as always.
We're at the end of the war but Sharpe still has work to do. great story, told well. Great reading.
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- Jussi Korhonen
- 16-01-2022
Sharpe is back, but should he be?
Always nice to get a new Sharpe novel, but there isn't too much point to this story - except to get an ending to Sharpe's story, which might make this book worthwhile. If you've read the previous novels, you'll know Sharpe will end up in any battle of the war, very often in a way that suspends belief. This time there is no major historical battle, but he goes to Paris instead and looks at paintings. There is a battle later on, and it's a thrilling one, but it seems completely unnecessary.
The main issue was with the narration, or rather the dialogue. Rupert Farley's narrating voice is fine, but all the dialogue is awful - sometimes he does a terrible Sean Bean impression, sometimes he forgets to do that. Sometimes he whispers, and sometimes he shouts. I don't know how accurate Wellington's accent is, but if anyone sounded like that and tried to tell me what to do, I'd run fast in the opposite direction. All Irish accents are of the "to be sure, to be sure" -variety (although they are the least irritating of Farley's accents), and the French accents are particularly horrible and sound like cartoon villains (as if Officer Crabtree had a few too many bottles of wine at Cafe Renee). At one occasion Lucille sounds like a sneering madwoman, and in the next she whispers softly. It's sometimes difficult to understand who is speaking, because the accents are so inconsistent. In the final battle the narration is more fast-paced, so Farley largely forgets to do the accents, and suddenly it sounds fine.
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- Pine Home Outdoors
- 13-01-2022
absolutely brilliant!
this story was absolutely spot on! loved the way it tied up a certain loose end and done nicely! in addition the story itself gave me insight into the occupation of Paris and the climate there immediately after Waterloo. I won't give out details to ruin it for you! Truly a must read!
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- D Stone
- 11-12-2021
last book of this series
ended as expected, as always a good book, steady pace from the narrator.
did not realize it was the last book as I believe there probably were others in between the 3 I have listened too. wish I could have found the others in order as I liked this character and his companions, finding the adventures easy to enjoy.
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- Mr Craig P Keogh
- 30-10-2021
Dammit….
……my first Sharpe novel and now I’m going to have to go back over the entire series; there’s only so many ways you can say brilliant, so take it as read, this is, in every way. Bernard Cornwell is one of the very best historical fiction writers and his work is complimented in full by the Rupert Farley’s narration. Just brilliant. Enjoy.
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- Mr. T. J. Wilkinson
- 05-10-2021
Enjoyable as ever....
I have been waiting for this to come out and have spent the last months re-listening to the whole trilogy. Bernard Cornwell produces another great story. Rupert Farley is a great narrator of what is another great story.
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- Ric
- 14-06-2022
A fitting end to my favourite character ever
brilliant story, ties up lots of loose ends. A wonderful performance, and a compelling baddie.
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- John
- 29-12-2021
Another great story weaved into history
A brilliantly narrated story. For me it was like having the characters of the tv series playing their parts throughout an intriguing part of history.
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- S. Brown
- 08-12-2021
Completion of the Sharpe Story
As with all the Sharpe stories, this one is full of love, honour, power, struggle and passion. I was gripped throughout and the characters remained true. I particularly like the historical context at the end, which explained what was true and which parts adapted. Highly recommended.
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- S. C. Reston
- 18-10-2021
A fitting end?
Another episode in Sharpe's military life. An interesting Tale with some of the traditional military scenes. Not the most epic tale in Sharpe's series but enjoyable nonetheless.
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- John ross
- 01-08-2022
brilliant
excellent historically based storytelling by Bernard Cornwell the master story teller. superbly voiced aa well.
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- David
- 01-07-2022
Excellent all round.
We enjoyed this audio book very much. The story was well read and Sharpe’s accent consistent with the tv series. Recommended.
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- Val Bridge
- 22-06-2022
Another great tale of Richard Sharpe
Once again Bernard Cornwall’s expertise as a great story teller comes to the fore. Having read all his previous stories of Sharpe’s Adventures I many years ago I was pleasantly surprised to find that a new adventure had been written. It did not fall short of my anticipated expectations. Well written and well narrated . A pleasure to reacquaint myself with Richard Sharpe and Bernard Cornwell
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- Jason Southam
- 21-06-2022
Bernard Cornwell does it again
loved it a really good listen. the performance was excellent, I'll listen to more
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