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Like the authors previous book, The British Army Against Napoleon, Charging Against Wellington draws heavily on primary sources, manuals, memoirs, and regimental histories to bring to life the officers and men of the regiments that fought.
The book is divided into three sections. The first contains biographies of 80 generals who led the French cavalry, focusing on the time they served in the Peninsula and its impact on their careers. Two went on...
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It is a perfect plot for Napoleon: stop Wellington's forces in Spain and destroy Major Richard Sharpe. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's new campaign with grim expectancy. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain-an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Unfortunately, things are about to get complicated for the Sharpe. An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of...
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hunting for lost Aztec gold, Sharpe runs afoul of a local partisan leader (Folk); Wellington's cousin Bess (Linehan), searching for her lost gold-prospecting husband, shows up with her daughter (Ashbourne) and gets mixed up in the mess.
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a massacre in Ireland complicate the job.
10) Sharpe's honour
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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British officer Richard Sharpe must disguise himself as a Spanish rebel and slip behind enemy lines to search for the one person who can clear him of allegations of deceit and dishonour.
11) Sharpe's eagle
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When the incompetent Sir Henry Simmerson (Cochrane) loses most of his men and his regimental flag during battle, Sharpe (Bean), spurred by the memory of a friend who was recently killed sets out for revenge. He is determined to capture the French mascot, a carved golden eagle which is carried into combat. Sharpe is also looking to a settle a personal score with two arrogant officers who have angered him at their mistreatment of the elegant widow Josefina...
12) Sharpe's sword
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sharpe is sent to protect El Mirador, Wellington's best spy, and finds himself a target of Colonel Leroux, a ferocious French swordsman who has been commanded to capture El Mirador. When Sharpe is wounded in battle, a mute French convent girl comes to his aid.
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