Sharpe's Revenge (#10)

The events take place in various locations of France in 1814.After a battle at Toulouse, there is a reprieve from the long war. Napoleon is in hiding, and the allied forces are leaving France. That's not to say that this book is all about peacetime. There are many events occurring in this story, as a matter of fact.For reasons I won't mention on purpose, Sharpe, Frederickson and Harper make their way further into France towards Normandy. Trust me when I say that they have excellent reasons for doing so. In the meantime, Sneaky Pete Pierre Ducos has his own agenda, and he's been a plotting fool against just about everyone. If you've read the series up to this point, you already know about his antipathy towards Sharpe. He concocts an elaborate scheme and frames Sharpe in the process.I really missed the Riflemen in this. I love that battalion. But there didn't seem to be a way to involve them in the overall plot. At least Fredrickson and Harper were around. There was also Nairn and the Highlanders, and I've always been partial to them. And without naming a specific character, I wanted to smack that character right upside the head! What an ambitious, immature, shallow, stupid and disloyal twit. I'm very sure that I could think of more adjectives without trying too hard but those will have to suffice. Sharpe is much better off this way. I know because I've read the series before, so you'll just have to trust me about that as well.Incidentally, there certainly is a lot of vengeance going on in this story, so the title is very apt!

Much of the Sharpe novels are about the battles but this one is just as much about friendship and love. I love the friendship between Sharpe and Patrick Harper, as well as Sharpe's complicated friendship with Fredrickson.

Amazing how different opinions can be! As I reach the near end of the Sharpe saga, for me this was one of the weakest books. Many other reviewers, and perhaps the author himself, liked it the best!I just found the storytelling different, the plot dragged after the single battle scene, and it finished up in a scrap taken from an NCIS script. It reminded me of the early book about Sharpe in Denmark, which added little to the saga of our hero soldier.There emphasis seems to be on mellowing the brutal Sharpe to turn him into a sensitive admirer of womanhood. I didn't find that very convincing, as all of his relationships with women have been superficial and essentially short term. He's at his best when wielding rifle and sword, and leading reluctant men into heroic deeds.So now, to put this puppy love interlude behind and move on to Waterloo!

The usual great battle scenes and excitement we expert from the Richard Sharpe series. The only (mild) critique is that the conversion of Sharpe's wife to a bad person isn't as well developed as it should. Otherwise, in a b novel that ranges from Toulouse, to Normandy, to Paris, to London and Naples, it's a lot of fun.

This story has twists and turns and it takes you through quite a range of people, places and action. I think this is truly the best of the series up to this point. I found myself hoping things would finally go well for Sharpe but Cornwell is the author and Sharpe is the main character so, not likely. There is much more travel in this book than most of the others, France (multiple cities), England, Piedmont, The Italian States, Naples, Belgium and it all makes sense. You'll find pain, suffering, love won, love lost, enemies, friends (which is which), treachery, politics and even the occasional party. I think Cornwell is a master storyteller and I'm a fan of his writing. He does his homework and then manages to weave a work of fiction into actual event so seamlessly that you have to ask which is history and which is fiction. I highly recommend Sharpe's Revenge. I also recommend you start at the beginning with Sharpe's Tiger and read the entire series all the way through. It is a few hours of inexpensive entertainment.

Sharpe is an engaging character, a professional soldier, raised in the slums of London, rising from the nameless ranks to become an officer, after saving the life of Gen Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, and then by interferes professionalism is ladder promotions continue. Always is considered an outsider by the aristocratic, the wealthy, and the powerfully narcissistic senior officers. Bernard Cornwall describes this tale of sharps adventures is one he enjoyed most. It results with class conflict, engagement with American privateers, bloodied battles to defend useless French forts, and finally after being accused of a crime he of course did not commit.Bloody escapism, with a dash of British snobbery, heroism and the reverse, fluctuating ethical standards, and even the most curious of love relationships, which help to restore some sanity to a troubled hero. Likely author, I agree this is one of the best of the series.

I continue to give this author my money because he makes me care about his characters. The action often strains credulity to embarrassing limits, but Harper, Sweet William, and of course The Rifleman hold their appeal. I will march to Waterloo to see what Old Nosey and Sharpe have in store.

After getting my first book in the ‘Sharpe’ series by Bernard Cornwell, (which was “Havoc”), I was hooked. It’s an easy read, great character development, and the references to the Napoleonic era are ‘on point’. You can relate to the characters and empathize with the main character. For the couch, patio, travelling, or on the beach, the ‘Sharpe’ series is a great read.

Es war erneut ein besonderes Vergnügen an der Seite von Major Richard Sharpe am Peninsular War teilzunehmen. Die (vor)letzte Schlacht der Kampagne, um Toulouse, wird geschlagen (und gewonnen), Ducos plant seine letzte Verschwörung gegen Sharpe (und Napoleon) und es kommt zu ungewöhnlichen Allianzen mit durchaus unerwarteten Plots bis Sharpe's Revenge erfolgreich gelingt...Sharpe's Revenge baut auf dem vorherigen Buch Sharpe's Siege auf, von daher ist zu empfehlen, dass letzteres zuerst gelesen werden sollte.Viel Vergnügen!

Well Sharpe do's it again jumps into the fire straight out of the pan so his enemies think but the gentle man rouge surprises them while one wishes him defeated he make an alliance with an old enemy to gain there goal to clear there names .A good read

La trama è un po' più complessa del solito ma è un pregio. I personaggi sono ben delineati e la descrizione degli eventi inclusa la battaglia è come sempre perfetta. Romanzo avvincente.

Something in me wants to see Richard Sharpe happy and with this French woman I suspect he will be. A good rattling yarn, as are most of the Sharpe novels, but this one marches to a slightly different beat and tone.