Sharpe's Command
Richard Sharpe and the Bridge at Almaraz, May 1812
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Narrated by:
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Rupert Farley
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By:
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Bernard Cornwell
About this listen
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain’s peninsular wars with this epic tale featuring his iconic hero Richard Sharpe.
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
If any man can do the impossible it’s Richard Sharpe.
And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he’s sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines.
For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and one from the South. If they meet, the British are lost.
Only Sharpe's small group of men—with their cunning and courage to rely on—stand in their way. But they're rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and as the French edge ever closer to the frontline, time is running out. . . .
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- John P. Curtin
- 05-05-24
rip roaring story
fast paced story thatcatches your attention at the beginning and won't let go until the end. shines a light on a critical raid over shadowed by the following major battle
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Blake Ryan LaSalle
- 02-04-25
Has the narrator ever heard a woman speak before?
Good, if formulaic, Sharpe adventure. Definitely not his best, but consistently entertaining, as always. The narrator was not my favorite. Subjective. He made Theresa sound like an old drunk sailor man.
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- Adam Puglielli
- 06-13-24
Great discription
Great historical fiction with plenty of historical facts with a minimal of distortion by Sharp and his rilelmen
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- Jim Davidson
- 06-08-24
Wonderful read. Both the authors art and the teaser
Get it now! it will be done too soon. Go! Start enjoying it now. Read them all.
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- BGM328i
- 05-29-24
Another great Sharpe story
Good history; good characters; nicely fills a gap in the Sharpe timeline. Good reader too.
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- Jean
- 04-18-24
Gripping
Cornwell is famous for his beautifully written historical novels. In this story entitled “Sharpe’s Command”, Cornwell tells the story of the Battle of Almaraz during the Peninsular War. This battle was fought on May 18-19, 1812. The Anglo-Portuguese Army under the command of General/Lord Rowland Hill destroyed a French Pontoon bridge over the Tagus River in Spain. Hill was a career soldier and was well liked by his men. At the Battle of Waterloo, Hill commanded the Second Corp. The bridge was protected by two forts on each bank of the river. This story is mostly about the capture of Fort Napoleon. The story is told through our hero Richard Sharpe. If you are interested in the Napoleonic Wars, I recommend this series about Richard Sharpe as an exciting way to learn about the war.
I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. The book is nine hours and eighteen minutes. Rupert Farley does an excellent job narrating the book.
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- Wesley Perkins
- 04-19-24
a solid but not outstanding addition
This was a pretty good book to add to the legacy of Sharpe. There's nothing about the story that's gonna stand out amongst the others too much. Kind of uses a formula we've seen before. But it also doesn't go in some weird direction either. I love the fact that the setting is around that time when the war could go in either direction. This was my favorite era of the novels.
The narration was solid, but for some reason, felt really bad when voicing Sharpes wife. Her accent was not very good when he performed it. Her decisions weren't always the best in the novel either, which made it kind of annoying. Always using too much emotion and not logical, simply wanting to kill everyone. I guess it's trying to show the level of hatred she has for the French.
Overall a solid edition, and I enjoyed it. It may be a little bit rinse and repeat for some people but,
I am glad to see the boo go back in time and revisit the era.
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- Christopher
- 12-11-24
A pale imitation of earlier books.
It is hard to believe this book was actually written by Bernard Cornwell. The characters were cardboard cut outs of their former selves. The dialogue and interpersonal relationships between the characters was strangely off. If this had been the first Sharpe’s book I had read it would’ve been the last one. Hopefully there will be no more like it to tarnish Sharpe’s fine reputation. I feel bad about reading the narration as a three. The narrator was working with what he had which was not much.
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- SC
- 04-06-24
Sharpe’s Command
I did not think this book was up to the usual standards of Benard Cornwell’s writing.
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