- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Barrosa, Battle of, Spain, 1811
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- August 22, 2006
- Pages
- 378
- Publisher
- Chivers Audio Books, Chivers Press, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007120161
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Bernard Cornwell (born February 23, 1944) is an English author of historical novels, known for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling. Born in London, England, to a Canadian airman father and a mother in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he was adopted by a family in Essex belonging to the Peculiar People sect. Cornwell attended London University and worked as a teacher before joining the BBC, where he spent a decade, eventually becoming Head of Current Affairs in Northern Ireland. Bernard Cornwell is renowned for his long-running series of novels, including the *Sharpe* series about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe, the *Saxon Stories* (also known as *The Last Kingdom* seri
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