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Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe #10)
Only two obstacles stand between Napoleon's mighty army and its seemingly certain conquest of Portugal: a land wasted and stripped of food at Wellington's orders . . . and Captain Richard Sharpe. But perils from within and without threaten the bold captain of the Light Company -- the hatred and incompetence of a superior officer, the vicious treachery of a false ally . . ....more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
April 25th 2006
by Harper Paperbacks
(first published January 1st 2004)
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Another entertaining historical tale. Started a bit slowly with Sharpe being stuck with the Regiment but luckily circumstances intervene and Sharpe gets to go off on his own, with just a bit of help, and do what he does best. Listened to the audio version read by the always impeccable Patrick Tull.
No. 10 in the Richard Sharpe series.[return][return]It� s still 1810, and the British Army and Captain Richard Sharpe are still in Portugal. Bought by Sharpe� s stolen gold, Wellington has had built enormous defences known as the Torres Vedras just north of Lisbon, constructed with Sharpe� s stolen gold. Wellington has ordered the Portuguese countryside stripped of all food, hoping in that manner to force the French to retreat out of starvation, since Napoleon� s army existed by living off the l...more
As Aventuras de um Soldado nas Guerras Napoleônicas. Dificilmente o nome da série poderia defini-la tão bem. Claro que alguns dos livros não são exatamente sobre as Guerras Napoleônicas, mas a época ainda é a mesma, e a narrativa da série começou depois da Revolução Francesa.
Em setembro de 1810, as tropas de Arthur Wellesley estavam em Portugal, empenhadas em impedir o avanço do exército de Napoleão Bonaparte pela Europa continental. Naturalmente, é lá que encontramos Richard Sharpe.
Uma das estr...more
Em setembro de 1810, as tropas de Arthur Wellesley estavam em Portugal, empenhadas em impedir o avanço do exército de Napoleão Bonaparte pela Europa continental. Naturalmente, é lá que encontramos Richard Sharpe.
Uma das estr...more
In Portugal in 1810, Sharpe is cut off from his South Essex regiment (which is, naturally, to be given to a higher class commander, who is, naturally, the colonel’s brother in law, not very good at battle and also a drunkard) and finds himself with Sergeant Harper and Vincente, an old Portuguese ally, behind French lines. They pursue a Portuguese major (who is, naturally, a traitor and has colluded with the French, and has a brother who is cruel to women, particularly one pretty woman who, natur...more
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Tenth in the Richard Sharpe military fiction series revolving around Richard Sharpe, a captain now in Wellesley's forces in Portugal in September 1810.
My Take
Well, Sharpe got the girl again. I wonder what will happen with this one?!
As for this installment's pain in Sharpe's ass, it's brevette captain Cornelius Slingsby, a drunk and an idiot who must be related to Sir Henry Simmerson with his obsession with the rules and his need to be respected. He is at least braver than Simmerson…
I do love m...more
My Take
Well, Sharpe got the girl again. I wonder what will happen with this one?!
As for this installment's pain in Sharpe's ass, it's brevette captain Cornelius Slingsby, a drunk and an idiot who must be related to Sir Henry Simmerson with his obsession with the rules and his need to be respected. He is at least braver than Simmerson…
I do love m...more
Bernard Cornwell is still my favourite writer as far as fighting is concerned - I believe him to be the only one who has made me want to read long fights and battles. That said, and being this the second Sharpe book I've read... Sharpe seemed to be the only competent fighter, while the rest ranged from slightly to completely incompetents. Allowance on the incompetence range is made to Harper and Wellington (although this one is obvioulsy untouchable due to hierarchy and Sharpe's personal respect...more
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I liked this story a lot. Sharpe makes an enemy of a treacherous Portuguese Major and his outlaw brother, when he thwarts their plans to sell Flour to the French. While the British are preparing to stop the French before the Lines of Torres Vedras, Sharpe, Harper, Vicente and two women they've picked up along the way, once again find themselves behind enemy lines. As they make their way back to the ranks, there is a chance for revenge on the brothers and the possibility to show up the drunken Ca...more
Wie soll ich nur die Zeit bis zur nächsten Veröffentlichung überstehen? ;) Wieder ein tolles Lesevergnügen. Den ersten Teil fand ich etwas schwach, viel - zugegebenermaßen wieder sehr gut beschriebenes - Schlachtengetümmel. Nur es gibt keine noch keinen Auftrag, keine Geschichte. Als die Schlacht vorbei ist, im zweiten Teil des Romans spitzt es sich zu und wird immer besser. So gut, dass ich enttäuscht war, dass das Buch so schnell vorbei war und das nach dem längsten Sharpe-Buch, das Cornwell b...more
Not a bad work of historical fiction. It's written with enough detail to appeal to history buffs but in a style that is easy enough to read for non-experts. As with many of these books, the plot is a bit predictable... you always know that Sharpe will escape and get the girl in the process. You never really feel like he's in danger or get surprised by any of the plot elements. That doesn't make it an unenjoyable read... just one that isn't worthy of major awards.
The major drawback of this book w...more
The major drawback of this book w...more
As the British are retreating and stripping the land of all usable material, Sharpe is trapped with a traitorous Portuguese Colonel who is plotting with his brother to provide the French with supplies necessary for their siege of Lisbon. Sharpe becomes involved in his own war within the war, with Ferragaus who is the Portuguese Colonels brother. With the help of Sargent Harper and some new allies they are able to foil the plans of Ferragaus. This book was very entertaining but wasn't one of my f...more
I hadn’t read a Cornwell in a while so when I found SHARPE'S ESCAPE, I was eager for more action-packed historical hijinks. I got them. From the very start this is light, exciting entertainment with an action-oriented situation seemingly thrown in every few pages or so.
There’s a hulking Portuguese bad guy that needs sorting out and an excellent extended set-piece around the middle of the book which details the escape of the title – Sharpe and the people he’s with must escape from certain death...more
There’s a hulking Portuguese bad guy that needs sorting out and an excellent extended set-piece around the middle of the book which details the escape of the title – Sharpe and the people he’s with must escape from certain death...more
I picked this book up at a used bookstore, and it just happened to be the tenth in the series (something that has been happening to me a lot lately).
So I was here introduced to Captain Richard Sharpe, a ruthless soldier fighting in the Bussaco Campaign, 1810 Portugal. Besides battling the French, Sharpe has taken a disliking to a new captain, Slingsby, who is vying to take over his men, and has made an enemy of a traitor who is selling food to the French army.
This book wasn't lacking in action,...more
So I was here introduced to Captain Richard Sharpe, a ruthless soldier fighting in the Bussaco Campaign, 1810 Portugal. Besides battling the French, Sharpe has taken a disliking to a new captain, Slingsby, who is vying to take over his men, and has made an enemy of a traitor who is selling food to the French army.
This book wasn't lacking in action,...more
Jun 27, 2008
Ed
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Historical Fiction Readers
Shelves:
historical-fiction,
reviewed
Richard is back in the saddle again in this, the tenth book chronologically, in the series. After the disappointing "Sharpe's Gold", "Sharpe's Escape" is back in the groove.
The usual villains: arrogant British officers, untrustworthy allies, and evil French soldiers are all here as are the usual heroes and heroines: Jorge, the trustworthy Portuguese officer, Sarah, the virginal Brit, Joana, the victimized local girl and of course, Harper, Sharpe's Irish Sergeant sidekick.
The book actually cove...more
The usual villains: arrogant British officers, untrustworthy allies, and evil French soldiers are all here as are the usual heroes and heroines: Jorge, the trustworthy Portuguese officer, Sarah, the virginal Brit, Joana, the victimized local girl and of course, Harper, Sharpe's Irish Sergeant sidekick.
The book actually cove...more
This is part of an epic, by numbers alone, series of books that remind me of listening to the radio episodes of Sargent Preston of the Yukon. One interesting sidelight: Gunpowder tea, with which I am familiar because I have a Gunpowder tea box in my living room, is aptly named. Soldiers in the Peninsular Wars carried cartridge pouches that held gunpowder in paper twists along with the bullet but they also carried loose tea leaves in the bottom of the pouch. Of course the gunpowder got mixed into...more
Para o 4º livro de Bernard Cornwell, este foi um dos que mais gostei.
Novamente baseado na personagem de Richard Sharpe e com o fundo histórico das invasões francesas por trás consegue sem se afastar da realidade histórica construir um romance empolgante e bastante cativante.
Aliás, este de todos os que já li até agora parece-me ser o romance que mais se aproxima dos factos históricos. Admito até que foi das melhores lições de história sobre as invasões francesas que tive.
Quanto ao romance, o auto...more
Novamente baseado na personagem de Richard Sharpe e com o fundo histórico das invasões francesas por trás consegue sem se afastar da realidade histórica construir um romance empolgante e bastante cativante.
Aliás, este de todos os que já li até agora parece-me ser o romance que mais se aproxima dos factos históricos. Admito até que foi das melhores lições de história sobre as invasões francesas que tive.
Quanto ao romance, o auto...more
Well, I like the Sharpe books so I was probably going to like this book anyway. Plus I have actually visited Coimbra in Portugal where much of this is set, which helps too. However I think it is one of the better Sharpe novels. The plot keeps going nicely, there are a few twists and turns that were unexpected and it brought in some characters from previous books we had not seen for a while. All in all a cracking war novel.
Definitely one of the better Sharpe novels, and they're all pretty good. In this case, Sharpe takes on the French army in Portugal again (and also knocks off a few traitorous Portuguese as the same time), all the while contending with unappreciative or incompetent officers. Mr. Cornwell continues to display his mastery of the military events of the time, and show great respect for period detail. Good fun!
Quite early chronologically, but one of the later Sharpe's to be written, this is another very good addition to the series, with Sharpe facing losing his company to a lesser man, hounded by enemies, and for a time, stuck behind the lines. All of Bernard Cornwell's ingerdients are here for an excellent read, lots of fighting, big battles, bad guys, injustice, and of course, a beautiful woman.
Another disappointment. Though Richard Sharpe shows an uncanny Bond-like ability to get out of any impossible situation Beranard Cornwell needs to find every more ways of putting him into these situations in places that he shouldn't be in.
The Richard Sharpe series is a magnificent work of historical fiction. Bernard Cornwell has written an amazing series following Sharpe from a private in India to a Lt. Colonel at Waterloo and then a civilian farmer.
Sharpe's jealousy of Slingsby, who is favoured by his CO, comes across as slashy. I don't think that's exactly what the author had in mind, somehow! Otherwise, it's a good installment to an well-loved series.
The threads on women falling for soldiers who haven't bathed in months get old, but ignore those and you still have fun tales for airports, elliptical workouts, and evenings when you're too tired for Proust...
Sharpe again gets caught behind enemy lines with only a small squad, The Girl and a Silly Officer for company. But of course he gets out of it. Standard. Rated M for violence, occasional coarse language. 3/5
I liked this book in the series better than the last one (Sharpe's Gold). It was an exciting story (as always) and actually there were plenty of "escapes".
I like this book. Another good military adventure for Richard Sharpe. His cleverness and approach to problems in the military is entertaining.
This one is rather longer than some other entries, which I like. It also has Vicente, one of my favorite non-British characters. Good, bloody fun!
I'm plowing through any of this guy's books I can find. A wonderful fusion of driving narrative and historical context.
May 21, 2012
Dawn
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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hf-modern-nineteenth
This is the fifth Sharpe's book I've read and it delivers just what I have come to expect from the series.
It's 1810 and Sharpe is in Portugal with Wellington's army. While executing Wellingtons orders Sharpe crosses Portuguese brothers, Major Ferreira, an officer in Portuguese army, and his degenerate brother, Ferragus, which causees him many issues throughout the book. When the brothers hatch a plot to help feed Napoleon's army, Sharpe must save the girl, thwart the brothers and get his command...more
It's 1810 and Sharpe is in Portugal with Wellington's army. While executing Wellingtons orders Sharpe crosses Portuguese brothers, Major Ferreira, an officer in Portuguese army, and his degenerate brother, Ferragus, which causees him many issues throughout the book. When the brothers hatch a plot to help feed Napoleon's army, Sharpe must save the girl, thwart the brothers and get his command...more
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Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. After he left them, he changed his name to his mother's maiden name, Cornwe...more
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