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   Is Sharpe's sword based on a true story?

   • Sharpe’s Sword has been adapted for TV as Sharpe's Sword, a 1995 British television drama, part of a series screened on the ITV network. While based on the novel, it is set a year later (1813) than the book and contains several other variations to the novel.

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   Did Sharpe carry a 'Butcher's Blade'?

   • Sharpe should have carried the 1796 Light Cavalry Saber, but instead preferred the "butcher's blade" that he was given by Captain Murray. His earlier sword experiences in India had him carrying what he managed to pick up on the battlefield.

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   How is Sharpe portrayed in Sharpe's sword?

   • Sharpe is described as "brilliant but wayward" in Sharpe's Sword, and he is portrayed by the author as a "loose cannon". He becomes a highly skilled and experienced leader of light troops.

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   How did Sharpe become a thief?

   • Sharpe is born to a prostitute in the rookeries of London. Orphaned at an early age, he grows up in poverty. He is eventually taken in by prostitute (and later bar owner) Maggie Joyce and becomes a thief. He has to flee the city after killing a man to protect Maggie.

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   How did Sharpe die?

   • Berkeley is killed at the outbreak of the battle, leaving Sharpe in charge. As Sharpe gains the top of the wall, he is faced by a counterattack led by the escaped French colonel. After a duel, Sharpe is not only physically wounded, but demoralised at the loss of his sword.

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   Who is Richard Sharpe?

   • 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.

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   Sharpe's Sword is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. It is the fourth in the series, being first published in 1983, though the fifteenth chronologically.

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   Over the same period, Sharpe also has affairs with an English governess, Sarah Fry (Sharpe's Escape); Caterina Veronica Blazquez, a prostitute who has beguiled Henry Wellesley, Sir Arthur's brother (Sharpe's Fury); and the French spy Hélène Leroux (Sharpe's Sword, Sharpe's Honour).

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   Sharpe should have carried the 1796 Light Cavalry Saber, but instead preferred the "butcher's blade" that he was given by Captain Murray. His earlier sword experiences in India had him carrying what he managed to pick up on the battlefield.

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   It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell, though it is set a year later (1813) than the book. Plot. On the French-Spanish frontier, a French patrol led by a colonel of Napoleon 's Imperial Guard overtakes a carriage containing a priest and three nuns.

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   Captain Richard Sharpe

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   References are made to incidents during the Peninsular War and the 1812 Battle of Salamanca. Lieutenant General Wellington, Marshal of France Auguste Marmont, Patrick Curtis and Sergeant Connolly, and Colquhoun Grant were all based on actual historical figures and are discussed in the author's notes.

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   Sharpe’s Sword has been adapted for TV asSharpe's Sword, a 1995 British television drama, part of a series shown on the ITV network. While based on the novel, it is set a year later (1813) than the book and contains several other variations to the novel.

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   • Author: Bernard Cornwell
   • Published: 1982

   • ISBN: 0-00-222131-4, 10 May 1982, Hardback
   • Video Duration: 3 min

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   Sharpe is told that a French colonel, Leroux, had been sent to capture a British agent, known only as El Mirador, whose identity is unknown. Sharpe is convinced that the captured captain is Col. Leroux, but he remains on parole instead of under guard.

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   Spain, June 1812. In the beautiful city of Salamanca, Captain Richard Sharpe must hunt down and safeguard Britain’s most valuable spy, ‘El Mirador’, before he’s silenced by France’s deadliest assassin – even at the risk of his own life.

   • Author: Bernard Cornwell