In Mission, when the French meet Brand and the officer says "gypsies, they'll have seen us Merde"

The Brand chases them.

What would they have actually seen apart from the French talking to two Horsemen, it's not like they where in British uniform, hardly the most suspicious activity

I just was expecting more from the end of Devil, maybe more of Sharpe getting to actually enjoy his retirement. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it just seems we have a lot of unfinished business with Sharpe. Does Cornwell have any plans for another book at the chronological end? I know he is getting up there in age. How would you like to see Sharpe end? Overall I’ve enjoyed these books immensely, they have been one of my favorite series of any I’ve read and I will be reading them again in future!

That's what his doctor says

I'm looking for Eagle, Gold, Company, Honor, Regiment, Siege, Revenge, Waterloo, & Assassin in this particular format which has the parchment style covers and the "In which Richard Sharpe blah blah" captions.

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My good lady found herself an engagement ring. Huzzah!

My bayonet acquisition may come to an end as a result of this though.

That being said, I am intending to wear full 95th Rifles officer uniform for my nuptials and my best man will be dressed as a Sergeant Major of the 95th.

Ive shown him the ambush of the 95th in Sharpes Rifles and instructed him that as my best man hes is to prevent any kind of that nonsense happening at the wedding. Johnny Frog has had it out for me for years y'know.

From Sharpe's Waterloo. But you all know that. Played by Chloe Newsome.

Have been reading the series and it has made me more interested in the era and saw these and had to pick them up

It's a Pedersoli 1805 Baker Rifle.

Got it pre-order discount for $1,750.

https://italianfirearmsgroup.com/1805-baker-rifle/

.625 caliber with a .60 ball, .025 leather patching with bees wax.

Also, I'm using FFF because I have loads of it.

Also, this isn't shitty French powder so don't grind it yourselves or you'll blow yourself up.

Looks great. Gonna polish lock internals myself.

Smokey Valley boys in San Gabriel Valley taught me everything I know.

Cheers.

It's been a while since I read the books, but I know that Sharpe and Teresa got married at the end of Sharpe's Company. I don't know if Sharpe and Teresa had any conversations about what they would do after the war was over, so I can't recall if Teresa and Antonia would have gone to England or if Sharpe would have gone to Spain.

But assuming that Cornwell never really answered this question (and please remind me if he did), what do you imagine Sharpe and Teresa's life would have been like? I always figured that Sharpe would struggle with any kind of peacetime living after so many years of being a soldier, and Teresa would undoubtedly have adjustment issues of her own given what she went through during the war. Plus there's no guarantee that Sharpe would have seized that fortune at Vitoria in an alternate timeline where Teresa survives (change one thing in the timeline and who knows what else changes, and all that) so they might not have much money to their name (unless Cesar Moreno was wealthy, I can't remember if that was the case).

though i enjoyed the series immensely, i wish there were an actual book accurate version out there. though considering the way film/tv is now i doubt it'd do the novels any justice without completely butchering the source.

it would have been cool if we got a few chapters adapted imo, like in sharpe's rifles; the initial french cavalry attack was very well done, the rifles having to fall back by companies-- only to discover another squadron of dragoons, the rally square being broken and their mad dash for the high ground which gets cut off.

also vivar had more of a prominent role and a mysterious wisdom about him (blessing a stream with holy water, regaling sharpe to the ancient history of the old ruin, ghost stories etc.) and the way the riflemen and cazadores work together to defeat the ambush in the gorge was spectacularly tragic; sharpe having a "sudden certainty of death" while climbing up the pass to pry the jaws of the ambush loose, wondering if he'd feel the bullet that killed him. these examples if adapted would bring more tension and fear for the main cast i think.

i just kinda wish the tv series was more true to the books considering that's the only adaptation we have, but since the budget was what it was-- i won't harp on it too much.

Prequels

Early Peninsular War

Mid Peninsular War

Late Pensinular War

Four more novels take the story from the Peace of 1814 to Sharpe's happily ever after in Normandy with Lucille, and plenty of adventure along the way. These function as two books, Revenge and Waterloo, from the original run that take Sharpe up to the original end of his story. In many respects this holds true with the second pair acting more like a coda or an extended epilogue that ties up loose ends, gives endings to supporting characters and a final adventure for our hero. I think Revenge stands out here as being particularly strong, Devil and Waterloo are both solid offerings and Assassin was a tad weaker but has its strengths.

Sharpe's Revenge

One of the most important installments for character development. Jane's final betrayal takes place, we meet Lucille and join Sharpe on a relatively brief mission to take down Ducos, his final enemy from the Peninsular War. The bulk of the book deals with this more character-based story, much of it taking place at the farmhouse in Normandy. Before then, we get a final battle at Toulouse at which our hero is fed up of it all and both desires peace and fears death so close to the end. These are stronger themes that come through this run as Sharpe ages and gets closer to a happy ending.

The Sharpe/Lucille/Frederickson love triangle dominates online discussion and rightly so, it's really the main focus of the book with the mission to take down Ducos only in the final third. Cornwell notes in the foreword he had planned Lucille to be with Frederickson and you can feel this somewhat, although it's hard to ignore that she simply doesn't like him much. Frederickson's complaints to Sharpe and ultimate estrangement have a whiff of entitlement to them and his attitudes to women are notably colder than many other characters, although I can understand the frustration that might come when your best mate is Napoleonic James Bond and you don't generally have much success with women. But we must remember Lucille has agency, and it isn't like Sharpe has simply yet another casual affair.

On the whole, Revenge starts to resolve a lot of story arcs and set Sharpe up for civilian life.

Sharpe's Waterloo

Has its strengths, notably the encounters with Jane and Rossendale. A lot of the affair happens off-page but we get a good sense of it through how secondary characters respond to it reputationally. Many of us will enjoy the confrontation with Rossendale at the Duchess of Richmond's ball, and his eventual death has to be one of the grimmer ones in a series with a low survival rate. Cornwell seems to revel in it a little I think. Speaking of deaths, we do lose Hagman right at the end (Harris didn't exist at the writing of this book) but the Chosen Men by this point have dwindled in numbers and narrative weight so it lacks some of the weight the TV adaptation gave his death.

Dutch readers might feel that the Prince of Orange gets done the dirty a little here with his characterisation as a feckless upper-class snob for Sharpe to rub up against, but we don't go for rigid historical accuracy here and he gives a good secondary conflict right down to Sharpe taking credit for his real-life wound.

I've sometimes commented on Cornwell's occasional dip into battle narratives that focus on historical detail and not our hero, this is probably his most egregious example but he does capture how desperate and close-run the whole thing was.

Sharpe's Assassin

Picks up right after we left off with the aftermath of the battle. It's time for one more secret mission behind French lines to rescue an important person, cue a surprise attack on a fort using guile to win the day. Sounds familiar? The following sequences in Paris don't really push the boat out plot-wise either and the general contours of it appear obvious a long way off.

Positives? The final fight scene is well-written and captures Sharpe's desire to stop fighting well. It gives a good farewell to the South Essex and the Army as Sharpe retires to be a simple country farmer.

Sharpe's Devil

A simple country farmer on a mission in Chile to rescue a relatively minor character from way back in book 6 joined by Harper after years of enjoying civilian luxury? Stranger things have happened.

We start strong by meeting Boney himself in a scene that feels a bit fan-service but it captures the pathos well. The Corsican Ogre and terror of crowned princes now a sad and unhealthy older man living past glories and asking 'what could have been?'. St Helena wasn't chosen for its hospitality and we get that well.

The story itself in Chile has a villain who is telegraphed as the baddie right from the start, and then Sharpe links up with kindred spirit Thomas Cochrane to fulfill his promise to find Blas Vivar of Sharpe's Rifles. I think this stretches it a bit as Blas is hardly a major character, but Lucille couldn't turn down the sort of money involved and accepts on her common-law husband's behalf.

One final fort to take through wit and bravery against the odds and Sharpe finds Blas Vivar, although with a fairly good plot twist explaining his disappearance. Cochrane's particular scheme fails here but no hard feelings and we end with our heroes sailing off into the sunset, back to a Norman farm or a Dublin pub.

Airsoft version, but thought this might make yalls giggle

He just seemed to disappear after the barn scene. He also wasn't wearing a Chosen Men armband. Sharpe also didn't direct his orders to the Sarge, as I understand is the custom. He was clearly directing it at Harper instead. In the next column scene, before the ambush, Sgt. Williams is ordering the men to fall out and make camp, etc. seems like a different guy. Or is this just a result of the filming and re-filming?

Haven't read the books yet. Did anyone notice how two things near the end of the series suddenly happened:.

1. Sharpe's wife betrays him in a manager that to me came out of left field.

2. Sharpe betraying Sweet William. He was always a man of principles and then he just ups and does that knowing William was soft for that lady? And no, the fact of weather or not he would have succeeded is a non point. Your boy has the hots for a lady, come on! Lol! It was a decision that also suddenly seemed out of left field, like they needed to do something to tie up the plot.

Do these two things happen in the books?