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  • Sharpe's Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

  • The Sharpe Series, Book 11
  • By: Bernard Cornwell
  • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
  • Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (811 ratings)

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Sharpe's Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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Summary

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*

Spain, March 1811

Cadiz is under siege – the last city standing in France’s conquest of Spain. So Captain Richard Sharpe must navigate the spymasters and murderous factions within its walls – and see off deadly threats from more than one enemy.

Deserted by their ailing Spanish allies, the British are heavily outnumbered as they prepare to halt the French at Barrosa – their last chance of liberating the fortress city of Cadiz. And ready to face his old enemy in battle is Sharpe . . .

‘A master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

©2006 Bernard Cornwell (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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Superb details as usual

Although It occurred to me, that with musket fire at 4 rounds a minute and only vaguely accurate at 60 yards. Almost face to face and hardly no time to reload .

When you consider that a long bow archer is lethal and faster at 200 yards, warfare went both forwards and backwards 😑

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Faugh a Ballagh

Clear the way, another excellent sharp classic very close to the actual battle. Fab RIRISH

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realistic tale of the times

taken back through time to the Napolionic time. To the battle fields of Spain and the horror of fighting with black powder and ball

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Great book

Another classic sharpe novel, the whole thing is a brilliant example of Cromwells' expertise

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Another solid tale of Sharpe

Good historical background but did not have the depth of some of the other books

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Good but not the best of the series

Good book, definitely don't skip it, but the story is rather weak compared to the rest of the series unfortunately. same story of sharpe being cut off from the rest of the army, same story of a beautiful woman, same battles, but just haphazardly jammed together with very little characterisation. continues the general sharpe theme of ending without giving you any (sorely sought after) post - story roundup or conclusion- I often sorely wish that the story would continue for a few months after to see how everything developed or impacted the wider campaign.

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Excellent story, and superb narration

I’m gradually working my way through the series on audio having read the books. As much as I enjoyed the book the narrator adds further pleasure.
Superb.

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This action adventure will glue you in

A definite 3 parter. Part one, the setup and backstory. Part 2, Richard Sharpe the rogue plies his trade. Part 3, the battle.

It has the hallmarks of a Sharpe story. A mission. Intrigue. Connections to the highest historical characters. A little gold. A woman - who he doesn’t keep and… a fierce battle where the thin red line savages the French to bloody ruin, again, with volley after volley and a charge of cold steel.

This one is viscous and has a touch of espionage and real suspense. It’d make a good Hollywood movie.

If you like Sharpe. You’ll like this. It’s one of the better ones.

I’ve come to rely on Rupert Farley to present these. There’s no one else for me now in this world, when I go to war with Sharpe, Harper, Harris and Hagman.

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Great

Really enjoyed this book . The historical notes pages from the end of all the Sharpe books are not included which is a bit disappointing as I like to find out which characters and events are real in the book . This is my only quibble however and I would thoroughly recommend it !!

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Not one of the best

Had I come to this book first instead of 11th I would likely not have listened to more. Which is as negative as it gets for a die hard Sharpe fan. The story is flimsy, the telling of it turgid. Too bogged down in detail. Not Mr Cornwells finest moment.

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