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The next seven books were written in order, up to Sharpe's Siege in 1814. The novel Sharpe's Rifles was written next, set earlier in 1809 at the time of the retreat from Corunna, Spain. The next four books follow on from Sharpe's Siege up to Sharpe's Devil (1992), set in 1820–21. This twelfth book completes Sharpe's timeline.
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign.He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe.
Filming of Sharpe's Peril, also set in India, was produced by Celtic Film/Picture Palace in 2008. [2] [3] The first part was broadcast on ITV and UTV on 2 November 2008, with the second part shown a week later. [4] Sharpe's Challenge and Sharpe's Peril were broadcast in the US in 2010 as part of PBS's Masterpiece Classic season.
Cornwell's best known books feature the adventures of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with Sharpe's Rifles and ending with Sharpe's Waterloo, published in the US as Waterloo) detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course of 6–7 years.
Sharpe's Waterloo is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. Originally published in 1990 under the title Waterloo, it is the eleventh novel of the Sharpe series and the twentieth novel in chronological order. Cornwell stated that he intended to end the series here, but later changed his mind.
Sharpe moved to South Africa in 1951, [7] where he worked as a social worker and a teacher. [7] [8] He was friendly with the activist and artist Harold Strachan until they fell out over a woman. [9] Sharpe's time in South Africa inspired his novels Riotous Assembly and Indecent Exposure, [7] in which he mocked the apartheid regime.
Sharpe's Company is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1982. It was the third in the series to be published, but is thirteenth in chronological order. The story covers January to August 1812, featuring the Siege of Badajoz during the Peninsular War.
Sharpe's Eagle is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1981. The story is set in July 1809, in the midst of the Talavera Campaign during the Peninsular War. It was the first Sharpe novel published, but eighth in the series' chronological order.