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Rifleman Dodd is a quiet individual of Sharpe's chosen men, [9] based on C.S Forester's novel Death to the French fictional character, Dodd fights along with Sharpe from Sharpe's Rifles until being promoted to Corporal in Sharpe's Escape [10] where he goes missing in action and separated from the group, [11] however Bernard Cornwell never ...
Féodor Atkine as Major Pierre Ducos (episodes 5–12; guest episode 4) Matthew Scurfield as El Matarife (Sharpe's Honour) Jayne Ashbourne as Ellie Nugent (Sharpe's Gold) Peter Eyre as Will Nugent (Sharpe's Gold) Abel Folk as El Casco (Sharpe's Gold) Rosaleen Linehan as Bess Nugent (Sharpe's Gold) Hugh Ross as Major Mungo Munro (episodes 6–8)
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.
When Sharpe returns to camp, Wellington, the British commander, decides that drastic action is required to discourage desertion before it can infect his army. Sharpe also reports seeing a Major Ducos, who accompanied Dubreton. This worries Major Nairn, the head of Wellington's military intelligence. He suspects that Ducos, his French ...
Sharpe's Enemy: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 is the fifteenth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1984. The story is set in 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars .
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.
Sharpe elected to sit out and not participate in any of the NBA draft combine testing. He could have done himself a lot of favors in just going through the drills, showcasing his reported 49-inch ...
Sharpe loads a small cannon with gold coins and fires it several times around the Neapolitan troops. The ill-disciplined men break ranks to get the coins, allowing the besieged company to escape by sea, taking Ducos and the remaining treasure with them. Ducos is executed by firing squad, and all charges against Sharpe are dropped.