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Sharpe's Fury: Richard Sharpe & the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #11) Hardcover – September 1, 2006

by Bernard Cornwell (Author)

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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the eleventh installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam.

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. There, in the sweltering horror of Barrosa, Sharpe will meet his old enemy Colonel Vandal once again.

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Sharpe
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September 1, 2006
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6 x 1.13 x 9 inches
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0060530480
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978-0060530488
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Capt. Richard Sharpe, upstart rifleman, performs a sensitive mission for Henry Wellesley, the duke of Wellington's younger brother and special envoy to Spain in Cadiz, in bestseller Cornwell's rousing 21st military historical (after 2005's Sharpe's Escape). A secret cabal of Spaniards who favor a rapprochement with France threatens the alliance between England and Spain in the fight against Bonaparte. The conspirators, who include a murderous priest, Fr. Salvador Montseny, have stolen some unfortunate love letters Wellesley wrote to his prostitute amour, Caterina Blazquez, and plan to use them to embarrass the British. It's up to Sharpe to recover the letters and save the alliance. Meanwhile, British troops, with little help from the Spanish army, maneuver to lift the French siege of Cadiz. As usual, Sharpe must contend with a snobbish superior officer, Brigadier Moon, who gets his just reward in a delicious surprise twist at battle's end. One hopes the nasty Father Montseny, who disappears from the action too soon, will return to bedevil Sharpe in future installments. (Sept.)
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Once again, Cornwell is right on target, providing an irresistible combination of rousing military history, penetrating character analysis, and suspenseful martial intrigue. In the twenty-first entry in the best-selling Sharpe series, Cadiz, the last bastion of Spanish independence, is under siege, and it is up to the ever-resourceful Richard Sharpe and his stalwart unit of British soldiers to foil their ruthless French enemies in the winter of 1811. Of course, nothing is that simple, as Sharpe and his comrades become embroiled in much more than basic military maneuvers. The action culminates in the historic Battle of Barossa, which Cornwell--as usual--re-creates in painstakingly bloodcurdling detail. This new installment in a masterful, long-running series set during the Napoleonic Wars, which will appeal equally to devoted fans and to crossover readers who devoured the novels of the late Patrick O'Brian, is stirring British military history at its finest. Margaret Flanagan
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“Immensely entertaining.” -- Wall Street Journal

“If you love historical drama, then look no further.” -- Boston Globe

“Great fun.” -- Kirkus Reviews

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For more than twenty years, Richard Sharpe, the brave and dashing officer who rose from rags on the street to a commission in his majesty's army, has been thrilling audiences on both the page and on screen. Now the incomparable Bernard Cornwell ("the greatest writer of historical novels today"*) returns with a thrilling new installment—the first new Sharpe novel in more than two years.

The year is 1811. With the British army penned into a small part of Portugal, and all of Spain fallen to the invader except for the coastal city of Cádiz, the French appear to have won their war. Captain Richard Sharpe has no business being in Cádiz, but when an attack on a French-held bridge goes disastrously wrong, Sharpe—accompanied by Harper, his loyal Irish sergeant, and the obnoxious Brigadier Moon—finds himself in a city under French siege. It is also a town riven by political rivalry. Some Spaniards believe their country's future would be best served if they broke their alliance with Britain and forged a friendship with Napoléon's France; their cause is only strengthened when some letters written to a prostitute by the British ambassador fall into their possession. They resort to blackmail, and Sharpe, raised in the gutters of London and taught to fight, is released into the alleys of Cádiz to find the woman and retrieve the letters.

Yet defeating the blackmailers will not save the city. That is up to the charismatic Scotsman, Sir Thomas Graham, who takes a small British force o attack the French siege lines. The attack goes horribly wrong; Sir Thomas's outnumbered army is trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea, and on a March morning, at Barrosa, Richard Sharpe finds himself embroiled in one of the most desperate infantry struggles ever fought. Sir Thomas has his own reasons for revenge, as does Sharpe, who goes into battle seeking the French colonel who precipitated the disaster that stranded Sharpe in Cádiz. In a bloody and stirring battle, Sharpe and the English get their revenge and their victory, but at a terrible cost. A triumph of both historical and battle fiction, Sharpe's Fury will sweep both old and new Sharpe fans into their hero's incredible adventures.

About the Author

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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; First Edition (September 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060530480
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060530488
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.22 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.13 x 9 inches

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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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Michael

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Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2013

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From his Saxon Chronicles to Agincourt to the Sharpe series (approximately 21 books long plus short stories), Cornwell is a masterful writer of action and adventure. Richard Sharpe, a whore's bastard raised in the rough London streets, starts out as an English private serving in India in 1799, where he is flogged early on for trumped up charges. Despite his humble origins, one thing he excels in is fighting - he is a superb and lethal soldier - rising to the rank of sergeant. Fate brings him into contact on the battlefield with the future Lord Wellington, whose life he saves, earning him a commission to junior officer. This opens a whole new set of challenges, as he faces the distrust of his enlisted ranks and the disdain of his gentlemen officers. Sharpe's adventures take him through the Napoleonic Wars in western Europe and promotions through the ranks to regimental commander. There is abundant action, politics, brutal violence, sex, complicated plot lines and studies in human nature, all written in with gripping prose and attention to historical and military detail. At the end of each story, Cornwell summarizes the actual history into which Sharpe's adventures have been woven.

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John A Lee III

Back to Iberia

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2006

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I have loved the Sharpe series but most of the recent ones have dealt with his early days in India instead of the Peninsular campaign which is where most of the story takes place. This book represents a return to the "older" stories and it is a welcome return.

The story is of the siege of Cadiz and the battle of Barossa. It takes place shortly after the Talavera story in which Sharpe captured a French eagle. In Sharpe's Eagle, Sharpe was credited with the first capture of a French standard. This story tells the story of the real first capture.

While tasked to help blow up a bridge, a bumbling brigadier gets himself, Sharpe and his riflemen stuck on one of the pontoons drifting towards the sea. They make their way to Cadiz where the rump of the Spanish government is located. There, feelings are running high. Though the Spanish are now allied with the English, they are still bitter about their defeats when they were in opposition and mad about matters of Britain's foreign policy. There is a faction that wants to come to a settlement with Napoleon and that faction is doing anything to discredit the British. In particular, they have their sights set on the British Ambassador, the brother of Gen. Wellington. They have some of his letters and are threatening to publish them and embarrass the government. Sharpe is detailed to help buy them back from the blackmailers or steal them if he must.

Other matters are brewing as well. The British garrison is preparing to sally forth to hit the French in company with their Spanish allies. The problem is that the Spanish contingent is larger so the Spanish general is in overall command. He is a coward and an inept one at that. He manages to get his forces cut off and then, when battle is joined, refuses to fight. He lets the Brits and Portuguese do the fighting. It is a desperate fight which the allies have no hope of winning but then history, and this book, tell a different story.

This is a good story and well worth reading.

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I love all the Sharpe's books, so this is my totally non-biased review

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2020

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Since I purchased this book (roughly 15 years ago when it came out) I've probably read it a half dozen times. The Richard Sharpe's series is one where I can pick one off the shelf at random when I need a little comfort food reading and just sit back and enjoy myself. I enjoyed the more recent ones where Cornwell was writing to fill in the various gaps in Sharpe's Peninsular War career, and this was a wonderful read along with the others. A shame the series was put on hiatus while Cornwell worked on other books. You get the best of both worlds with Sharpe here - a little bit of the solo mission, political intrigue with the Spanish allies plotline, and then enough of the major battle with the French plotline to keep it historically honest. So I'd highly recommend this one to anyone looking for a good story.

Again if you love the series you'll undoubtedly pick this up, but for those thinking about where to start with Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe it's always best to either start with the first books Cornwell wrote in the series (Sharpe's Eagle, Sharpe's Rifles) or go all the way back chronologically to the start of Sharpe's career (Sharpe's Tiger) and fill in from there.

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Another Excellent Book

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2023

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Another excellent book in the Sharp series. It has all the elements I’ve come to expect but rearranged in some new and surprising ways.

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Stewart Degner

Masterfully Entertaining.

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014

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I read this series, start to finish. Chronological order. Every book is excellent . the story in full is excellent.
All winter, rainy days, fireplace, coffee, cookies. Great time spent with wonderful characters, good and bad.
The stories built into history lessons were just masterful.
Sorry, Do to so many read, I am copying one review for all. Singularly or Collectively, you can not go wrong with Bernard Cornwell.

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N. Wishek

Sharpe marches on, agian.

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2010

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I stumbled on to the Sharpe series accidently. I have now read all 20+ and am working on the video series. The books are better, even though Sean Bean does a good job in the videos, he is not whom I pictured as Richard Sharpe. (Too short and too fair.) The books have some repetitive themes, the battle horrors, while accurate get a little tiresome when repeated so often, but then Cornwell didn't write them intending them to be read one after the other.
As a history major I am very impressed with the research the author has done to make his novels so real. Tarring mustaches! I'd never heard of that. The action scenes are well written and the plots are mostly realistic, even though getting saved at the last minutes time after time stretches it. As I said, I'm sure these books were not meant to be read back to back to back.
In all, worth the effort.

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2022

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“Sharpe’s Fury” is my least favorite in this series so far—likely because the injured hero of the series plays a diminished role. It takes lots of slow-moving armies marching for events to come together, but Bernard Cornwell’s account of the Battle of Barrosa is stirring. Some intriguing villains too.

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Shamus St Claire

Nice series especially if purchased at discount.

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023

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bought used, happy with purchase at a used price, good author great tv show too

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Andrew G Scott

Great read!

Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2024

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It may be historical fiction, but Bernard Cornwell does the research and it show,you can't go wrong reading any of these books well worth the price and a great way to while away the time .

Perry

Brilliant totally absorbing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2024

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A fantastic read; transport your self to another time and place in away that only a great novel deliver, you can almost hear the roar of cannon and smell the fear! History at its most interesting and entertaining.

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Reviewed in Germany on December 13, 2017

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Wie immer und auch so erwartet, eine spannende Story von Bernard Cornwell! Kann diese Serie allen Lesern spannender Bücher empfehlen.

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Tanabrus

Classica storia di Sharpe

Reviewed in Italy on March 22, 2017

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Questo libro comincia abbastanza male, con l'ennesimo ufficiale che ce l'ha con Sharpe e che sembra anche abbastanza arrogante e incompetente.

Poi andando avanti la cosa migliora, incontriamo anche il fratellino di Wellington e Sharpe riesce ad avere una storiella romantica ai limiti dell'assurdo.

Sharpe ha una parte fondamentale nella storia "finta", dove ormai tra le alte sfere è riconosciuto come l'uomo da cercare quando ci sono lavori difficili e non proprio legali da fare.
Poi con uno stratagemma viene spedito a fare da spettatore, in pratica, alla battaglia che invece viene riprodotta fedelmente.

La serie onestamente comincia un po' a trascinarsi, ma ormai dovrei essere quasi alla fine dei libri "recenti", penso quindi di resistere per vedere se una volta rientrati nel filone dei libri originali si noterà più freschezza ed energia nelle storie.

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K Brown

A good read.

Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2014

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If you like the Sharpe series this is a good addition. A little less detail than some others but satisfying all the same.

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