Sharpes Rifles, Bernard Cornwell
Sharpes Rifles, Bernard Cornwell
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Sharpe's Rifles

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 10 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/17/2005


Synopsis

The powerful French juggernaut sweeps across Spain. Lieutenant Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the Ninetyfifth Rifles. He must lead them to safety.

About Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on December 28, 2019

Sharpe knew himself to be a tough man, but he had always thought of himself as a reasonable one, yet now, in the mirror of William’s nervousness, he saw himself as something far worse: a bullying man who would use the small authority of his rank to frighten men… In February 1809 the British army unde......more

Goodreads review by Diamond on May 05, 2021

This is one of the best cersies I have ever had the pleasure to read. This is a ceries about a soldier named Richard Sharp. He was a bastard from the bad from side of London. He was used and abused by an orfanage and he managed to escape and made something out of himself in the English army. He neve......more

Goodreads review by Carol on February 24, 2019

This read almost like an origins story for Sharpe. It shows how he first took command of the Rifles, how Sergeant Harper because his best friend, and how the British army began the long process of driving Napoleon and the French out of Spain. The best thing about this book by far was actually nothin......more

Goodreads review by Jim on August 02, 2014

More of a 2.5, but definitely my least favorite of the series so far. I didn't care for the reader, Fredrick Davidson, which didn't help. While he was tolerable, his Spanish voices were very low, gravelly, & almost unintelligible at times, while all his Irish voices were very high & lilting. Since o......more