Sharpe's Gold

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Summary: Sharpe is wonderful and Teressa makes a welcome addition!
Review: Sharpe and his rifles are sent on a quest by Wellington to retrieve some gold from deep within enemy territory that is held by the fanatical leader of the Spanish resistance forces. In the course of events he meets Teressa, blows up one of his own armies strongholds, and retrieves the gold Wellington needs to continue his war with Napoleone! An excellent read! Once again Cornwell distinguishes himself!

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Summary: Good Story and Lots of Fun
Review: Sharpe's Gold by Bernard Cornwell is an exciting adventure yarn about greed, guts and duty. This time the British army is defeated and General Wellington fears that his forces are being pushed out of the peninsula. In order for Wellington to continue the war he needs money and lots of it. There is gold in some remote Spanish village and once Wellington hears of it, he MUST have it. And who do you think the General would give this important assignment to...none other than Captain Sharpe (naturally). Spain may be lost to the French but there is one thing the British forces have that France does not and that is SHARPE. If there is one thing Sharpe hates is losing. So you know he will do what ever it takes to win. Cornwell's blending of fact and fiction are amazing. You get the sense of being there, you visualize the battles and the scenes at the fortress of Almeida are spellbinding. Of course Sharpe gets the gold, receives the praise (reluctantly) from Wellington and he even gets the pretty girl in the end. My only problem with the story is the ending. What Sharpe must do to get the gold is too ruthless to be imagined. If this is your first Sharpe book don't let it be your last, Sharpe's Rifles or Sharpe's Company are better. However, all of Cornwell's Sharpe books are good reads, you will not be disappointed.

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Summary: An explosive adventure through tradegy and romance.
Review: Sharpe's Gold is one of Bernard Corwall's finest additions to the best-selling Sharpe series. The combination of mystery, suspense, tradegy, romance and sheer explosive adventurism sets the benchmark for Cornwall's writing. This episode in the long-run series is still one of my favories along with Rifles, Eagle, Company, Enemy, Regiment and Waterloo. An extremely gripping and exciting read which transports the reader back to 1810.

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Summary: An explosive adventure through tradegy and romance.
Review: Sharpe's Gold is one of Bernard Corwall's finest additions to the best-selling Sharpe series. The combination of mystery, suspense, tradegy, romance and sheer explosive adventurism sets the benchmark for Cornwall's writing. This episode in the long-run series is still one of my favories along with Rifles, Eagle, Company, Enemy, Regiment and Waterloo. An extremely gripping and exciting read which transports the reader back to 1810.

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Summary: sharpe's not so great here
Review: this is a great book dont get me wrong but if you thiunk it will live uo to the rest of the books you are wrong. it is a great story but some of the scenes are a bit unrealistic and sharpe is allways happy ect... if this is your first sharpe, read rifles its much better but if you are into the series you will still love this book and you should buy it just don't presume it will be as good as the others