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Sharpe's Revenge: Richard Sharpe & the Peace of 1814 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #19) Hardcover – May 18, 1989

by Bernard Cornwell (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,404 ratings
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Swordwielding Richard Sharpe, tempered by years of fighting, must take up arms again in a bloody battle to defend himself from charges of stealing Napoleon's personal treasures and protect the city of Toulouse
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  1. Book 19 of 23
    Sharpe
  2. Print length
    352 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Viking Adult
  5. Publication date
    May 18, 1989
  6. Dimensions
    20 x 20 x 20 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0670808679
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0670808670
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The 10th in Cornwell's series ( Sharpe's Rifles , etc.) is a corker. It is early 1814 and Major Richard Sharpe is still with one-eyed Capt. Frederickson and giant Sgt. Maj. Harper. Sharpe's French nemesis Major Ducos, in the first of a series of betrayals, has stolen a fortune from Napoleon and framed Sharpe for the crime. As fugitives from the British Army and the restored French royalist regime, Sharpe, Frederickson and Harper travel across France and into Naples to find Ducos and clear themselves. They must also deal with a loyal Bonapartist general and a rapacious Neapolitan cardinal, both of whom want the treasure. Sharpe has further problems with a fickle young wife in Regency London and an unlikely romantic attachment in Normandy. Fast and gripping, the story is carried by Cornwell's easy hold on vivid period detail. After an alliance of convenience with the Bonapartist general, Sharpe's final escape is literally dazzling. Readers will relish this adventure and eagerly await Sharpe at Waterloo.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking Adult (May 18, 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0670808679
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670808670
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 20 x 20 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,404 ratings

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Bernard Cornwell

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Bernard Cornwell was born in London and worked in television until he met his American wife and moved to the US. Denied a work permit, he wrote a novel and has been writing ever since.

A master storyteller with a passion for history, his current bestselling series, THE LAST KINGDOM, is centred around the creation of England. It is also a major TV series on Netflix, with Bernard playing a cameo role in season three. The fourth season is currently being filmed.

He is also the author of THE GRAIL QUEST series, set in the Hundred Years’ War, THE WARLORD chronicles, set in Arthurian Britain, a number of standalone novels, one non-fiction work on Waterloo and the series with which he began, the SHARPE series.

For exciting news, tour and publication details, and exclusive content from Bernard visit www.bernardcornwell.net and like his author page on Facebook/Bernard.Cornwell

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History Buff
5.0 out of 5 stars The continued story of RICHARD SHARPE
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023
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One of the best series about the English & French war great history book
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Kevin
5.0 out of 5 stars Most complex story in series - quick read full of action and some surprises
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016
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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.
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Alexander M. Oleksij
4.0 out of 5 stars The Usual Sharpe Thrills
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
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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.
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Doug Wilson NZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Bernard Cornwall describes this tale of sharps adventures is one he enjoyed most. It results with class conflict
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018
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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.
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Dan Berger
5.0 out of 5 stars A lead-in to Waterloo
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2009
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In this penultimate installment - considering "Waterloo" to be the ultimate, which it is, although not the last - Sharpe and Harper fight one last battle in France, at Toulouse, only to find that peace has broken out with Napoleon's abdication and exile to Elba. But as the troops and their wives head for home, they are accused, in an intricate plot engineered by French archspy Pierre Ducos, of the theft of the French royalty's private emergency fortune, which Ducos himself has actually taken.

Sharpe, Harper and Frederickson, under arrest, escape and go searching for evidence to clear their names, a trail which takes them in search of the French commandant of the fort they took in "Sharpe's Siege". They must make their way as wanted men across a France full of robbers and thieves, peace notwithstanding. Sharpe's wife Jane meanwhile heads back to England with his fortune to buy them a house - the Dorset farm that Sharpe dreams of, or the smart London townhouse that Jane wants? - but all is not peaceful on that front either.
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Notalwayswrite
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Installment inn the Sharpe Series !
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2022
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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.
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obgraham
3.0 out of 5 stars Even the book is polarizing!
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2022
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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!
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Randy E. Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars Grudging Suspension of Disbelief
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
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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.
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JProcure12
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - historical fiction is ‘spot on’
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2023
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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.
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John McCarthy
5.0 out of 5 stars Sharpe
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2023
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AZ
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Reviewed in Italy on September 29, 2021
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Bel libro, come gli altri della saga
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Sarpedon
5.0 out of 5 stars (wie immer) ein ganz besonderes Vergnügen!
Reviewed in Germany on September 12, 2015
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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!
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Edward Henry Gaston sidi
5.0 out of 5 stars very good books
Reviewed in Spain on May 29, 2015
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Very good. Just like all his other Sharpes books it carries on the story. If like a book and do not want it end, just go on to the next one. I did but now I have read them all.
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