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Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13)

Bernard Cornwell

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Sep 13, 2015 Algernon (Darth Anyan) rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, Spring 1812.

I have been reading the Sharpe books in chronological order, and I believe my decision is both helping me understand the evolution of the main character better, and putting a brake on my enjoyment when I come across some earlier written books ( I believe this is the third in publication order) that don't quite reach the high standards I expect from Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Company is both a bit simplistic, unsophisticated and an importan ...more

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Jun 18, 2025 Joanne rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction-read

I have been galloping through the Sharpe adventures. I am enjoying this series so much because it's a part of history I am very unfamiliar with. Each book brings a new conflict from the Peninsula War.

Book 13 for me, and I am finding the books I have read this year get continually more descriptive and violent. This is not a problem for me; I suppose it is a warning to some who do not enjoy the storytelling of war, as it truly is. Cornwell holds nothing back in this battle of Badajoz, known as on ...more

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