Sharpe's Honour |
 |
 click here for more details, find new or used items |
Bernard Cornwell
|
|
Pages: 320 (Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN: 0006171982
Pub: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub date: 2004-11-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2156
Reader Reviews:
Sharpe's honour at risk (1/1 people found this helpful)
This is a grand book, one of the best in the series. Sharpe is still mourning for his wife Teresa (killed by Obadiah Hakeswill in the previous novel, "Sharpe's enemy") when the British army is readying for the final campaign to push the French out of Spain. But not all Spanish are keen on that, and unknown to Sharpe, some of them have struck a deal with his enemy Ducos. Soon Sharke finds himself wrongfully accused of murder and cashiered from the army. His former lover Helene Leroux, 'La Marquesa', is at the centre of the intriguers' web, and Sharpe must risk life and limb to uncover the plot. That's all in a day's work for Sharpe, but then it seems he must put his honour on the line too...
Cornwell's given us another splendid novel here, with action galore and Sharpe facing some very difficult choices. The final release comes with the battle of Vitoria (June 21st 1813), and if there's any place Sharpe feels at home in it's surely a battlefield? I read this book in a day and a half of uninterrupted reading, unable to put it down save for visits to the loo and quick meals!
Love this book... (3/3 people found this helpful)
Sharpe, wrongly accused of murdering La Marquesa's husband after an interrupted duel, goes on the run to clear his name and find the real culprit. Along the way he has to rescue La Marquesa from a convent and a distinctly unpatriotic partisan, and escape from the French, who want to send him into the depths of France as a prisoner of war. Tempted though he is to spend the rest of the war with La Marquesa, he knows he has to get back to the army and his beloved regiment with his knowledge of the treachery cooked up by Major Ducos and a very clever Spanish priest. He escapes as the French fortress at Burgos explodes, and finds his way back to the South Essex in the midst of the Battle of Vitoria. Believing him to be dead, his regiment are naturally startled to see him, though as they have just lost their commanding officer, they are also very relieved to have him to lead them. In the aftermath of the battle Sharpe has to save La Marquesa once again from the treacherous El Maratife, and along the way Harper picks up enough gold and jewels from the French baggage to make his own and Sharpe's fortunes.
This is a fantastic novel, the battle scenes described with Cornwell's usual flair, and all the action in between wonderfully fast-paced and engaging. A brilliant read!
These books, the sharpe series, are amazing. (4/5 people found this helpful)
These books may not be amazingly well written, I don't know, but because the story is so deep you can't even stop to think. You're engrossed in the hi-octane drama and battles that when you finish the book you feel suddenly empty...That is until you buy the next book in the series. For gods sake just read these books. They are a very good read indeed
Excellent (3/3 people found this helpful)
Sharpe's Honour is an excellent book. If you have seen the film, then after you have started reading this book you will see that is much better than the video-all the Sharpe books are. Sharpe's honour is about the battle of Vitoria where Sharpe and Harper make there fortunes. Sharpe also once again meets the beautiful Marquesa. An excellent book.
Sharpe Goes Rogue (5/6 people found this helpful)
First, I must confess, I am a fairly new passenger on the Sharpe bus. Being numbered 7 in the American series it was the 7th book I read, but one of my favorites! Sharpe is accused of a murder that he (of course) did not commit and is forced to "go rogue" to clear his name. Again he meets La Marquesa, the whore with the heart of gold, who helps him to forget his recently buried wife, and who provides him the opportunity to rescue the damsel in distress. Pierre Ducos provides one of the villains for this book, being the mastermind behind Sharpe's dishonour. Does Sharpe prevail? Does he what?
Similar Products
Categories
Amazon.co.uk places this book into the following categories:
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Genre -> Historical Adventure Stories
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Genre -> Historical
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> General
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> C -> Cornwell, Bernard -> Paperback
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> C -> Cornwell, Bernard -> Sharpe Novels
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Historical
Books -> Subjects -> Young Adult -> History & Historical Fiction -> Historical Fiction
Books -> Refinements -> Language (feature_browse-bin) -> English
Books -> Refinements -> Age (feature_two_browse-bin)
Books -> Refinements -> Format (binding_browse-bin) -> Paperback
Books -> Refinements -> Condition (condition-type)