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Sharpe's Eagle: The Talavera Campaign, July 1809
- The Sharpe Series, Book 8
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
The newly promoted Captain Richard Sharpe clashes with an incompetent colonel, leads his men in the battle of Talavera and earns himself a dangerous enemy. As Sharpe leads his men in to battle, he knows he must fight for the honour of the regiment and his future career.
Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.
Critic reviews
"Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation." ( Daily Mail)
"Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched." ( Observer)
"The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive." ( George R.R. Martin)
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- Sean Gilbert
- 08-08-19
Love the Sharpe books
The story is brilliant but Rupert Farley is not too good on the accents. All the Scots sound the same.
Otherwise supurb
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- Peter
- 06-06-23
The Best
I had read the whole series of Sharpe's story many years ago and watched the series on tv but I have been really pleased to be able to go through them again in this format . This is a story that will never loose it's power and I hope will be there for future generations to find and enjoy .
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- dan dan
- 01-06-19
Great read
This was my first audio book, having seen the television series of Sharpe I was expecting great things and was not disappointed, great story with great narration, cannot wait to get my second book in the Sharpe series 👍👍👍
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-12-22
Fab.
One of the best Cornwell novels. Sharpe is on fire.
Can’t wait for the next
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- Jay
- 24-02-24
Great book front start to finish
Another great book very well read as always, a great story with a lot of similarities from the tv show 👌
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- Simon
- 16-06-17
As Sharpe As Ever
If you've read through the books to get this far then you know what to expect, both from the pen of Cornwell and the voice of Rupert Farley. This is an excellent continuation of the series which while yes it does follow a certain formula provides seriously good entertainment.
Yes there are stupid and mean-spirited senior officers that clash with Sharpe et every opportunity and yes there is a love interest and so on but it is brilliantly done. When you're addicted to something you don't often want something different from your chosen "fix".
This one though is definitely one of the best I've read so far, lots of good action, lots of intrigue and fun dialogue and even the love interest is skillfully woven into the plot so as never to bog it down too much about our hero becoming all dewy eyed . . . again!
Once again it's a bravo to Messrs Cornwell and Farley.
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- t
- 28-10-20
Perfect Sharpe
Well read, great action filled stuff as always. Completely bonkers nonsense but some great battle details.
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- Neil Ross
- 22-05-17
Excellent book
Another very good book by the another. Action packed. I felt i was in the melee of battle. cant wait to download another
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- james hopper
- 20-06-19
brilliant
best book of the series so far you really start to be drawn into the story telling as if you were there yourself
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- Kris
- 28-09-22
Nobody writes battles like Bernard Cornwell
...and what battles there are in this one! Thoroughly exciting storytelling, historical accuracy (presumably) and likeable characters in Sharpe and Harper.
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