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This worries Major Nairn, the head of Wellington's military intelligence. He suspects that Ducos, his French counterpart, is scouting the route for a French invasion of Portugal. The village happens to be directly in the most likely path. Sarah's poem [2] conceals a clue to the captives' whereabouts. Sharpe comes up with a risky plan to rescue ...
Richard Sharpe first appears in Sharpe's Tiger as a private in the 33rd Regiment of Foot.He later earns the rank of Sergeant by the end of the book. He soon gains promotion to Ensign in the 74th Regiment but is then transferred to the newly formed 95th Rifles as a second lieutenant during Sharpe's Trafalgar.
Sharpe's archenemy, French Major Ducos (Feodor Atkine), proposes a plan to his emperor to split the alliance between Spain and England (and gain revenge on Sharpe). He has a French spy, la Marquesa (Alice Krige), write a letter to her Spanish husband claiming that Sharpe tried to force his unwanted attentions on her. Sharpe is forced into a ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Sharpe's Challenge and Sharpe's Peril were broadcast in the US in 2010 as part of PBS's Masterpiece Classic season. The complete series is available on VHS (excluding Sharpe's Challenge and Sharpe's Peril), DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes. The Blu-ray and iTunes releases have been remastered in HD widescreen from the original filmstrips, with the ...
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Upon reaching Adrados, Sharpe and Sergeant Patrick Harper encounter French Colonel Dubreton and his sergeant on a similar mission, to free Dubreton's wife. When they meet with "Maréchal" (Marshal) Pot-au-Feu, Sharpe is appalled to discover that Obadiah Hakeswill , his longtime bitter enemy (beginning from Sharpe's Tiger ), is Pot-au-Feu's ...
While Sharpe is away, the comte brings the "mayor of a nearby town" to Bampfylde who confirms that Bordeaux is ripe for rebellion; however, the comte is in league with Napoleon, and the mayor is in fact Napoleon's agent, and Sharpe's bitter enemy, Major Ducos. Ducos also tells Bampfylde that Sharpe was ambushed and killed by a French column.