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New Richard Sharpe book: Sharpe's Fury
Tarok
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Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 08:43 AM UTC
Just got notifiied about this new Richard Sharpe book - I subscribe to Bernard Cornwell's website/newsletter...

About time us Sharpe fans got a new book I hope everyone's excited about it as me... Sharpe's Fury

According the HarperCollins site in the above link:


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Sharpe's Fury
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

The year is 1811. With the British army penned into a small part of Portugal, and all of Spain except for the coastal city of Cádiz fallen to the invader, the French appear to have won their war. Raised in the gutters of London and taught to fight, Captain Richard Sharpe is in the Spanish capital on a mission for the British ambassador. But when a British attack on an enemy-held bridge goes disastrously wrong, he finds himself trapped in a city under siege, a hotbed of treachery, false allies, and pernicious plots. And as dawn breaks on a March morning, Sharpe must be prepared to come to the aid of the charismatic Scotsman Sir Thomas Graham, the city's would-be liberator, whose small, outnumbered army has been abandoned by the Spanish and is now is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Yet for Richard Sharpe, the impending battle against overwhelming odds is about more than destiny and duty; it is about revenge.



Sounds awesome!!
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 05:05 AM UTC
I got it in hard cover earlier in the year,excellent read up with the best of his works.have you seen Sharpes Christmas,two short stories cost a fiver but worth the money I thought.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 08:48 AM UTC
Hi John,

Thanks for replying. I was beginning to think I was the only Cornwell & Sharpe fan about here.

Damn, you mean this news is late? Bummer, I woulld have bought Fury sooner...

I haven't read the 2 short stories, but plan to order them soon.

CHeers

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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 09:00 AM UTC

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I was beginning to think I was the only Cornwell & Sharpe fan about here.



Oh no mate, there are a few more of us about.
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Posted: Monday, August 27, 2007 - 12:48 PM UTC

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I was beginning to think I was the only Cornwell & Sharpe fan about here.



Oh no mate, there are a few more of us about.



I like pretty much all of Cornwell's work, especially the Warlord series about Arthur, etc.

The Sharpe series though is getting just a bit long in the tooth, as they are starting to kind of run together for me.

Just my 2 cents worth.