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Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of British soldier Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series featuring Sean Bean in the title role.
Sir William Lawford is a fictional British officer and a character in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe books. Lawford is the son of a Scottish mother and English father and raised near Portsmouth in Hampshire.
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When Hakeswill was 11, his mother, Biddy, died, and at the age of 12, he attempted to rape a young girl in his home village, threatening her with a snake. To protect the girl's reputation, however, Hakeswill was convicted of another crime: stealing a sheep; and he was sentenced to death by hanging. The hanging failed to kill him, however, and his u...
He reappeared in Sharpe's life in Sharpe's Company, still a sergeant but attached to the replacement troops sent to the South Essex. He attempted to rape Teresa, who intrigued him when she showed no fear. She escaped his hold, and cut him. Sharpe and Harper arrived in time to offer a few blows of their own. He conspired to remove Harper, a fellow s...
InSharpe's Company, Hakeswill attempted to rape Sharpe's wife, Teresa Moreno, but was caught by Patrick Harper and beaten. He then pursued Sally Clayton, the wife of a fellow soldier. Harper threatened Hakeswill upon being told of Hakeswill's acts, so Hakeswill framed Harper for theft. Harper received 100 lashes and a demotion leaving Hakeswill ran...
Hakeswill was a deeply sadistic man with no objections to abusing, manipulating and murdering people, even commissioned officers. He was also likely insane. One of his delusions was that he believed he couldn't be killed. Hakeswill would also often talk aloud to his mother and at one point kept a portrait of Col. Windham's wife in his hat, which he...
Navigating this dangerous kingdom of bejewelled palaces and poverty, Private Richard Sharpe embarks on a rescue mission to save a senior officer from the clutches of the Tippoo of Mysore – and oust the Sultan from his throne.
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Never able to marry Sharpe due to inability to afford a divorce from Jane, she remains Sharpe's companion for the rest of his life and the mother to his son, Henri Patrick (see the Starbuck series of books), and his daughter, Dominique.
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Richard Sharpe, to the best of assumptions, was born in July, 1777, in a house near Howick Place, Westminster, London. His father was unknown, his mother being a prostitute who died in the Gordon Riots in June, 1780, when Sharpe was three.
