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irá adorar Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro.  wispywillow | May 10, 2009 |  No. 12 in the Richard Sharpe series. In May 1911, Sharpe and his company are still in Spain. Thanks to international politics, Sharpe is given the responsibility of training a mostly ceremonial battalion of the Spanish King’s Household Guards made up of Irishmen or descendants of Irishmen. But first Sharpe and his south Essex company encounter an unusual French brigade, led by Brigadier General Guy Loup, designed to fight the partisan’s with the utmost savagery. Encountering two of the French brigade’s soldiers in the act of raping a young Spanish woman, and after seeing the rape and mutilation of children and other inhabitants of a Spanish village, Sharpe decides to execute the two soldiers. This, of course, is against the rules of war, since they were prisoners. Worse, Sharpe ha in the most insulting way possible, denied Loup’s demand that he release the soldiers; instead, he executes them in front of Loup’s eyes, making him Sharpe’s mortal enemy. Sharpe and the Household Guards, along with the south Essex Light Company, encamp in the old and crumbling fort of San Isidro, where they are attacked, at night, by Loup’s brigade. After a desperate defense, Sharpe and the troops escape. Sharpe, however, and the indomitable Sergeant Harper, find themselves participating almost by accident in the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, a horrendous three-day slaughter marked by one of Wellington’s rare tactical mistakes. Again, this is one of my favorites in the Sharpe series. It has all the outstanding qualities of the series, as well as an interesting subplot. The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro as the climax of the story is a real thriller. The reader knows perfectly well that Sharpe will get out of it alive; the only suspense is how, and that’s sufficient to keep you up late at night reading on. There is a brief Historical Note on the battle, and a good if somewhat unnecessary diagram of the area in which it took place. One of the best of the series. highly recommended. (  ) Joycepa | May 16, 2008 | Excellent ( ) SilkyPrincess | Mar 4, 2008 | susansw | Nov 26, 2006 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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As Napoleon threatens to crush Britain on the battlefield, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe leads a ragtag army to exact personal revenge against a French general known for his acts of terror.
Sharpe's Battle takes Richard Sharpe and his company back to the spring of 1811 and one of the most bitter battles of the Peninsular War, a battle on which all British hopes of victory in Spain will depend. Sharpe is given responsibility to lead an Irish battalion of the king of Spain's household guard, ceremonial troops untrained and unequipped for battle. While quartered in the crumbling fort of San Isidro, they are attacked by murderous Brigadier General Guy Luop's elite French brigade. Sharpe has witnessed General Loup's despicable was crimes before; to put an end to them, and to settle another more personal score, Sharpe must lead his company into the blood-gutted streets of Fuentes de Oñoro, where thousands of French troops have amassed, in a battle to the death.
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