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Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe #9)

Bernard Cornwell

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 9476 Users | 210 Reviews

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Original Title:	Sharpe's Gold
ISBN:	0451213416 (ISBN13: 9780451213419)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Sharpe #9, Richard Sharpe #2
Characters:	Richard Sharpe, Patrick Harper, Michael Hogan, Teresa Moreno, Josefina LaCosta
Setting:	Almeida,1810(Spain)

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With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold.  Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it—and it means turning against his own men.

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Title	:	Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe #9)
Author	:	Bernard Cornwell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	August 3rd 2004 by Signet (first published 1981)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. Adventure

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Ratings: 4.08 From 9476 Users | 210 Reviews

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This is bloody awesome. Reads like a historical napoleon-era western. Includes one really cool swordfight. I read this as my second Sharpe book and knew after reading that I will have to read them all maybe. It seems so far that every book has been better than earlier, which encourages me even more. In this story the characters get more flesh around their bones and everything comes together more --in a third book Sharpe's Escape it seems that not only shit is together, it also smells and looks

This came after Sharpe's Eagle, so a hard act to follow. It does a pretty good job, but you only realise Bernard Cornwell's winning formula when you realise there's a crucial bit missing, and that's a massive battle at the end that only turns into a victory thanks to Sharpe. Plenty of other good bits in this one though, nice to see Tom Garrard again after India.

This has to be the worst of the Sharpe series. Aside from the abrupt ending to an already short novel, there are inconsistencies with the consistency of Cornwell's writing and characters. Sharpe and Wellington are both amply out of character here. While both are motivated by an unrelenting desire to succeed, the actions taken in this installment go beyond their previously established value system. There are also plot holes such as how did Hagman and his 3 get out of the village after providing



This was my "beach read" this summer and I really enjoyed it. I enjoy military history anyway, so it's always interesting to read Cornwell's books because they do a great job of bringing famous real characters and events to life as they are interwoven with his fictional characters. I know very little about the Peninsula War of the early 1800's, so this was quite interesting. I downgraded my rating a bit though because I felt like the ending was rushed, almost as if he got tired of writing it and

Number 9 in the Sharpe Series.I just love the Sharpe series. Real history wrapped up in entertaining fiction.The real history is the events that happened at Almeida in Portugal 1810.The British army is struggling to maintain a foothold in Portugal and is running out of money. If the army is to survive it need gold and lots of it. There is a horde of Spanish gold that the British army has heard about and the army decides to help themselves to it. The problem will be getting it from the Spanish.

Okay, so admittedly I am not the most adventurous reader on the planet. I tend to stick to the same well-worn paths and seldom veer off into genres with which I am unacquainted. Boring, I know, but it works for me. Someone at work talked highly about a certain historical fiction author - don't get me started on all the fallacies of that genre- but I figured I would give it a shot. Especially since he dumped the paperback on my desk. After the book sitting at my house for weeks -admittedly while