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429:). Louisa, the primary love interest from the novel, is reduced to a minor character whose uncle turns out to be a colleague of Hogan and whose "aunt" is Rothschild in disguise (in the book she travels with her actual aunt and uncle). Hogan is given a larger role, manipulating Sharpe into assisting Vivar. The death of the primary villain Colonel De L'Eclin is altered slightly: In the book, he hides in Santiago with an army, in the television version, he returns alone to confront Sharpe and is killed by Perkins when he pulls a gun on him. 492: 264:
especially when his ability as a soldier gets them through a French ambush. Travelling on, they meet the Parkers, a Methodist couple, and their niece Louisa who Sharpe falls in love with, though it does not work out. Sharpe learns from a map the Parkers possess that Vivar is not taking them home at all and after a confrontation falls out with Vivar and takes his men home.
279:. According to legend, raising the gonfalon there will summon the saint to Spain's aid; Vivar is certain that the act will rouse his people. However, the city is held by a strong French force and the French are aware of Vivar's goal. Sharpe agrees to help Vivar take the city if Vivar can convince Patrick Harper to become a sergeant, something Sharpe had failed to do. 51: 263:
Vivar invites the British to travel with him to escort them back to Portugal, but does not reveal his hidden agenda. The Spanish commoners hate the French invaders, but are dispirited and need something to rally around. In the course of the journey, Sharpe begins to gain the respect of his men,
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in the novels). Major Dunnett, who is merely captured in the book, is killed in the opening ambush, as is Sergeant Williams who survives until halfway through in the book. The backdrop of the retreat to Corunna was dropped and instead Sharpe is searching for an army banker, James Rothschild
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Against all odds, they capture the city and hold it long enough for Vivar to raise the gonfalon. Pierre D'Eclin and Major Vivar's brother are killed in the subsequent retreat from the city. Vivar subsequently takes his brother's title and marries Louisa, who does not wish to leave Spain.
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On their way back, they are attacked by a French detachment led by Pierre D'Eclin and Vivar's pro-French brother, who had earlier been pursuing Vivar. Vivar comes to the rescue and helps them escape, though Louisa's aunt and uncle are captured and later sent home, being civilians.
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Sharpe finally makes it back to Portugal, where he meets engineer Captain Hogan who reveals that the British have not abandoned the war and offers Sharpe the opportunity to work with him.
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came about because a Spanish production company expressed interest in investing in a television series, so Cornwell wrote a novel featuring a major Spanish character. It worked.
260:). However, the men do not want to follow him. Their leader, Patrick Harper, and Sharpe fight, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Spanish Major Blas Vivar and his men. 543: 413: 232:
by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1988. The narrative follows Sharpe and his unit as they are caught up in the French invasion of Galicia,
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Louisa Parker – A young Englishwoman whom Sharpe takes a fancy to. She ends up marrying Major Blas Vivar.
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Vivar confesses he lied to Sharpe because he needed Sharpe's help for an odd mission: taking the
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Major Warren Dunnett – Sharpe's commanding officer who is captured by the French
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Captain Murray – Sharpe's superior who dies, leaving Sharpe his own sword
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Sharpe's battalion, acting as rearguard to the British Army in its retreat to
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Count of Mouromorto – Ally of the French and brother of Blas Vivar
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after Murray dies and takes command of the surviving riflemen (from the
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as Captain Murray. The adaptation also introduced the character of
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
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Major Blas Vivar – A Spanish officer on a mission
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is chronologically the sixth, but the ninth published,
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of Santiago (the biblical saint James) to the city of
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Index

Sharpe’s Rifles (novel)
Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme)
Sharps rifle

Bernard Cornwell
Richard Sharpe
Historical novels
Collins
Hardcover
Paperback
audio-CD
ISBN
0-00-223233-2
ISBN
0-00-617697-6
OCLC
16715266
Sharpe's Prey
Sharpe's Havoc
historical novel
Richard Sharpe series
Spain
Peninsular War
Corunna
heavy cavalry sword
95th Rifles
gonfalon
Santiago de Compostela
Richard Sharpe
Patrick Harper

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