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Sharpe's Devil

Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821

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Sharpe's Devil

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, another exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam.

Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth.

Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile…

©1992 Bernard Cornwell (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Latin America
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It's a bummer when a good series comes to an end. Therefore, it was fantastic that this book carried on the story of Sharpe and Harper. I foolishly wasn't paying attention to the subtitle dates (not obviously visible on mobile) and just went by book numbers in the Audible app. This book is listed as book 21 while Sharpe's Assassin is listed as Book 22. However, this book takes place 5 years AFTER assassin. So, read this after that if you are looking for chronology.

It keeps the story going.

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I almost bailed half way thru the book. Grad I didn’t. The second half was pure Richard Sharpe.

A good story but slow to get really interesting.

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Sharp leaves the farmer’s life to find an friend in Chile. His adventures are grand and raucous.

Sharpe in Chile

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A good end to the series it was one of my favorites. Cornwell really captures history with a fun twist

The writing

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Like all the books before, this was a well told story and a testament to Mr Cornwell’s art! Rupert Farley has done his usual stupendous job of narrating again. I will never think of Richard Sharpe or Patrick without hearing Mr Farley’s voice. Thank you for many hours of pleasure!

How I hate that everything must come to an end!

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Audio version narrated by Rupert Farely.

This is the most unnecessary book in the series. It doesn't add or take away anything from the rest of the series and the best way to enjoy it is to treat it as bonus content. The Napoleon scenes were interesting. It was also interesting to see Cornwell dig into a new area of the world. I'll read anything this guy writes.

A bonus entry

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Disliked some obvious takeoffs of Patrick O’Brian scenes even though they worked into the story well.

Good acting

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